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Johannesburg, South Africa
August 14, 2025

Short-Term Insurance Seminar (Actuarial Society of South Africa) 🇿🇦

Akur8 is pleased to participate in the 2025 edition of the Short-Term Insurance Seminar, promoted by the Actuarial Society of South Africa. The event brings together actuaries, data scientists, and insurance experts to discuss emerging methodologies and technologies transforming the industry.

Akur8's Principal Actuarial Data Scientist, Edwin Graham, will be a featured speaker at the seminar. His session, titled Automated Approaches for Insurance Pricing Models”, will explore a range of methods for automating the development of pricing models. The presentation will cover automation of traditional techniques like GLMs and table-based models, as well as comparisons with machine learning approaches such as Gradient Boosted Machines (GBMs).

Edwin will share about the strengths and limitations of each method, offering guidance on how to evaluate and select the most appropriate modeling approach for different insurance use cases.

For more information about the event, please visit the ASSA official website.

Featured speaker:

Edwin Graham, Principal Actuarial Data Scientist at Akur8

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Short-Term Insurance Seminar (Actuarial Society of South Africa) 🇿🇦

Akur8 is pleased to participate in the 2025 edition of the Short-Term Insurance Seminar, promoted by the Actuarial Society of South Africa. The event brings together actuaries, data scientists, and insurance experts to discuss emerging methodologies and technologies transforming the industry.

Akur8's Principal Actuarial Data Scientist, Edwin Graham, will be a featured speaker at the seminar. His session, titled Automated Approaches for Insurance Pricing Models”, will explore a range of methods for automating the development of pricing models. The presentation will cover automation of traditional techniques like GLMs and table-based models, as well as comparisons with machine learning approaches such as Gradient Boosted Machines (GBMs).

Edwin will share about the strengths and limitations of each method, offering guidance on how to evaluate and select the most appropriate modeling approach for different insurance use cases.

For more information about the event, please visit the ASSA official website.

Featured speaker(s):
Edwin Graham, Principal Actuarial Data Scientist, Akur8

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Edwin Graham

Principal Actuarial Data Scientist at Akur8

Edwin Graham is a Principal Actuarial Data Scientist based in the UK. He joined Akur8 in 2021 with a decade of experience in insurance pricing. He holds a Masters degree in Mathematics from Lancaster University and is a keen cyclist and field hockey player in his spare time.