Articles & Links

Risk Management’s Role in the Climate Transition

Written for GARP, the Global Association of Risk Professionals, the article highlights how some companies “game” their own climate targets, causing more harm than good (disclaimer: the article is written for financial analysts and risk professionals)

https://www.garp.org/risk-intelligence/sustainability-climate/risk-managements-role-240829

The following articles were written for an actuarial audience, and may not translate easily to non-actuarial readers:

Credibility is the actuarial term for the "what's signal and what's noise" question that Luke struggles with as he studies the mortality results.
SOA_Credibility

We called it Predictive Analytics before it got branded "Artificial Intelligence." Luke reaches back for some of that early Python code.
SOA_Predictive Analytics

It is important for all risk managers to understand Behavioral Finance, the mistakes humans make regularly.
SOA_Behavior

A much earlier paper applied option pricing theory to a new type of insurance / savings product. This paper was on the Society of Actuaries' exam syllabus.
SOA_Excess Spread