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Seminar

Short Term Insurance (STIC) Hybrid (Gau/online)

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Short Term Insurance (STIC)

Start: Thu August 6, 2026

End: Thu August 6, 2026

Location: Hybrid (Gau/online)

The Actuarial Society’s Short-Term Insurance Seminar will bring together the non-life actuarial community to discuss practical and relevant issues currently shaping the short-term insurance market.

This seminar offers a valuable opportunity to hear from leading practitioners, share insights, and engage in discussions on the issues that matter most to our profession.

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National Women's Day

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ASSA Presents: Anthony Asher Virtual

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ASSA Presents: Anthony Asher

Start: Thu August 13, 2026

Location: Virtual

South Africans in the formal sector face complex financial choices that often require unattainable literacy or costly advice. A major flaw in current retirement planning is the heavy reliance on equity markets, which exposes individuals to complex investment and longevity risks.

Based on a paper for the Australian Actuaries Institute, this session presents a framework for evaluating how the system fails to manage risk. Drawing on market organisation literature and control systems engineering, it advocates alternative approaches, specifically, recognising decision-making heuristics and separating optimisation from stabilisation processes.

Presenter: Anthony Asher, former head of Wits’ actuarial program and current active retirement researcher at UNSW and Chair of PPS Mutual in Australia.

Date:	13 August 2026
Time:	12h00 – 13h00
RSVP deadline:	12 August 2026

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Micro Insurance Sessional Virtual

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Micro Insurance Sessional

Start: Wed August 19, 2026

Location: Virtual

Time: 16:00 – 17:00

Africa has become a proving ground for some of the world’s most innovative embedded and digital insurance models. Drawing on Inclusivity Solutions’ experience as an infrastructure-as-a-service insurtech operating across multiple African markets, this presentation shares practical lessons on what drives uptake, what fails, and what the data tells us about how low-income consumers engage with insurance delivered through digital and embedded channels. Jeremy Leach, Founder and Executive Director of Inclusivity Solutions, will reflect on the experience around enabling scalable distribution, the critical importance of claims experience in building trust, and what AI is beginning to make possible. The session offers an honest assessment of progress, persistent barriers, and where the next frontier of inclusive insurance on the continent lies.

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An Introduction to Machine Learning for Actuaries Virtual

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An Introduction to Machine Learning for Actuaries

Start: Tue August 25, 2026

Location: Virtual

Opening the Black Box: Machine Learning for Actuaries

Machine learning is often seen as a mysterious “black box”, but it doesn’t have to be. This session is aimed at actuaries at all stages of their careers, from graduates who are new to the topic to more experienced actuaries who would like a clearer understanding of how machine learning could be used in their work. Join us for a practical introduction to what machine learning is, the business problems it can help solve, and why data is at the heart of every model. Through a simple worked example, we’ll bring the concepts to life. No previous machine learning experience required.

Time: 12:00 – 13:00

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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Seminar Hybrid (Gau/online)

Seminar

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Seminar

Start: Thu August 27, 2026

Location: Hybrid (Gau/online)

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Seminar will once again bring together leading risk practitioners for a day of thought-provoking discussions, practical insights, and valuable networking, culminating in a celebratory CERA networking cocktail.

This year’s programme features an outstanding line-up of sessions, including an economic and geopolitical outlook, a discussion on ORSA and its evolving role in effective risk management, and practical insights into designing a “FutureFit” financial crime programme in a post-greylisting environment.

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Women’s Month Lunchtime Talk with Dr Marjorie Ngwenya Virtual

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Women’s Month Lunchtime Talk with Dr Marjorie Ngwenya

Start: Fri August 28, 2026

Location: Virtual

This Women’s Month, join ASSA and the Actuarial Women’s Committee (AWC) for an inspiring virtual lunchtime session with Dr Marjorie Ngwenya! At ASSA, we are dedicated to actively transforming and diversifying the actuarial profession, building an inclusive community where every actuary is empowered to lead, innovate, and thrive. As the first African-based and third female President of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), Dr Ngwenya’s trailblazing journey from technical roles to board directorship and executive coaching embodies the future of our profession.

Time: 12:00 – 13:30

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