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Learning from the 2017 Convention to ensure a fantastic 2018 Convention 2018 Convention Call for Paper and Speakers 2018 Convention Reminder: Call for Papers and Speakers Deadline 6 April 2018 Convention: Update 2018 Convention: Register Now 2018 Convention: Programme Highlights 2018 Convention: Programme Announcement 2018 Convention: Cocktail and Dinner, Programme and Papers 2018 Convention: Highlights of Keynote Presentations and Further Papers
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Invited Speakers

Themba Gamedze Themba Gamedze is a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. He was also the founding President of ASABA which was established with the express aim of increasing the number of black qualified actuaries. His financial services career commenced almost 30 years ago when he began his actuarial training in the UK. He returned to South Africa in 1995 to manage the actuarial division at the Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa before his appointment into a number of executive roles within the life assurance sector, including running the Employee Benefits Division of the Sanlam Group until its
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Presentation Summaries

TESTING MEAN REVERSION CHARACTERISTICS OF DOCTOR EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT Matan Abraham Presentation and Audio Recording October 24, 2018, 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Relevant practice area(s): Healthcare Suggested audience knowledge level: Intermediate   Medical schemes can measure relative doctor cost efficiency and quality of care in treating patients through benchmarking analysis. Doctors patient risk profiles are adjusted for to improve comparability. Benchmark analyses influence scheme provider networks, performance-based reimbursement and peer review engagements. This research considers the effect of mean reversion on benchmarking models to test the consistency of doctor behaviour over time. INSURTECH HYPE – TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THREATENING YOUR WORKFORCE.
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