The Python People Podcast - Rolf Britten - Data Science in Actuarial & Pricing

In this week’s episode we were joined by Rolf Britten, Pricing Lead for Direct Line Group. 

We discuss:

✅What value can an Actuarial qualification demonstrate in a non-actuarial/data science role

✅What can Data Science learn from Actuarial Science

✅How Data Science can be applied to insurance pricing models

✅What exciting other applications of Data Science exist in the wider Insurance sector in general

✅ The relationship between R&D and the to need to demonstrate real world value

✅The biggest mistakes you see being made insurance companies in their Data Science practices

✅The most important traits when hiring for quality Data Scientists