As with everything in the economy, rapidly evolving technology is impacting and will impact the reserving process in significant ways. Large volumes of data rapidly available in real time, computational power and intelligent tools will enable us to analyze reserves in ways not imaginable even a decade ago.

A panel of experts will discuss this issue in depth from a current as well as a future perspective. The panel consists of an expert that will discuss evolving technologies and techniques, a chief actuary who will discuss the implications at a company management level, a regulator who will discuss the regulatory implications and an auditor who will discuss the audit implications. This 360-degree view will provide where each facet of the reserving process currently stands, and how it could and needs to evolve over time.

Larry McClure, FCAS is the Chief Reserving Actuary, Americas P&C for SCOR Re and is based in New York City. He joined SCOR in 2022. Prior to joining SCOR, he was in a similar role at AXA XL. His experience includes a long career at Travelers in a variety of actuarial roles including over eight years as the Corporate Reinsurance Actuary. Larry is a Fellow of the CAS and past-president / current board member of the Casualty Actuaries of New England (CANE).

Outside of work, Larry and his wife, Leslie, have two grown sons, Tucker and Andrew. He enjoys all things mechanical (cars, motorbikes, tractors) and splits his free time between serving as President of Wallingford Little League and working on his 1885 farmhouse.

Brian Fannin has been an actuary for over 25 years, having become an Associate of the CAS in 2002 and a Certified Specialist in Predictive Analytics (CSPA) in 2017. He has worked in a variety of roles in commercial insurance, both primary and excess, here in the US as well as Europe, London and Asia. An early proponent of R, he has taught various workshops and seminars for the CAS, Actex and insurance clients. He is the author of the book “R for Actuaries and Data Scientists with Applications to Insurance”, published by Actex. Brian currently works on code development and predictive modeling design in support of the Arius loss reserving software.

Julie Lederer, FCAS, MAAA, is a property and casualty actuary with the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance. She reviews Statements of Actuarial Opinion for Missouri-domiciled entities, assists with the actuarial components of risk-focused financial examinations, and reviews ORSA summary reports. Prior to joining the Department, Julie worked in consulting. Julie is the vice chair of the NAIC’s Actuarial Opinion Working Group. This working group proposes edits to the Statement of Actuarial Opinion and Actuarial Opinion Summary sections of the NAIC’s P/C Annual Statement Instructions. Julie is also the vice chair of the NAIC’s Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Force, a member of the CAS board of directors, a member of the CAS Reserves Working Group, and a copy editor for the CAS’s Actuarial Review magazine. She has a Master of Science in statistics from Stanford University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame.

Carver is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Principal with PwC’s US Risk Modelling Services practice with over 19 years of experience. Carver has led several of PwC’s largest P&C insurance team and has served in the lead role on numerous other engagements covering nearly every line of P&C business . He is known for high quality work and creating efficiencies with innovative yet "simple" solutions for complex problems.

Though specializing in actuarial science, he has garnered considerable experience outside of the actuarial working side by side with clients undergoing significant challenges including acquisitions, organizational restructuring, system implementation, adoption of new financial reporting standards and general strategy overhauls.

Carver stays keyed into current trends and insights while influencing the industry and profession. He was recently (2023) a member of the Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) and chair of the Practice Note subcommittee. He has presented a numerous conferences and is an active member in one of PwC’s globally represented committees driving consistency and coordination in addressing client issues from policy to implementation.