2023 Australasian Actuarial Education and Research Symposium

Alan Greenfield — Plenary Session 3

Taylor Fry

Broadening horizons — The evolving role of actuaries in the public sector

Actuaries have a long history of working in the public sector. This has mainly involved performing traditional actuarial roles. Over the last 10-20 years actuaries have applied their skillset to a broadening range of government policy and service considerations. Ever increasing computational capacity and access to broader data has seen an explosion in data science and a blurring of the lines between actuaries and data scientists. In this session, Alan Greenfield will present three social sector case studies, demonstrating wide applicability of actuarial skills and providing insight into how the actuarial community can broaden its horizons.