COLLOQUIUM WEBSITE
We are pleased to announce that we launched a website for the online colloquium:https://www.actuaries.org//iaa/ASTIN_2021

The information available on the website will continually be updated as more details of the programme are finalized. Registration will open next month; in the meantime, block the dates in your calendar! 

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
With the postponement of the Orlando Colloquium to May 2022, the 2021 ASTIN Colloquium will take place purely online during the week of 17 May. It will be split into several 3-4 hours sessions, each hosted by a different ASTIN Chapter.
The ASTIN Board is pleased to invite the international general insurance actuarial community to submit abstracts.

Please note that due to extraordinary circumstances all the authors of accepted papers will also be eligible to present in person in Orlando next year should they so wish.
The online Colloquium will comprise the usual multiple track scientific program and plenary keynote presentations, plus a series of demonstrations and other remote social activities.

TOPICS
• Loss reserving and capital adequacy
• Insurance pricing and optimization
• AI and Machine Learning in insurance
• Regulatory changes and impacts
• Emerging Risks
• Management of pandemic risks
• Reinsurance, risk transfer, and risk management
• Natural hazards, disaster, catastrophe risks and pricing
• Climate change and its impact on pricing and underwriting decisions
• Capital management, allocation and pricing
• Cyber and technology risk
• Extreme values statistics

 
SUBMISSION PROCESS

To assist the Scientific Committee in planning the program, authors are kindly requested to complete our online Abstract Submission form by 26th March 2021.

• Submissions for the scientific program should be in English or French;
• Abstracts should be around 200 words long;
• Papers between 5 and 30 pages in length (excluding tables and appendices) may, but need not, also be submitted.

CALENDAR

Timetable for submission:
March 26, 2021: Submission deadline for paper/presentation abstracts.
April 16, 2021: Paper/presentation acceptance by Scientific Committee and confirmation sent to author(s).
May 10, 2021: Submission of final documents (paper/presentation)

BEST PAPER AWARDS
The author(s) of an accepted and presented paper will be eligible to be considered for the Best Paper Award by the Scientific Committee.
To be eligible for Best Paper Awards, papers must have been received by May 10th, 2021 at the latest.