GENETICS, INSURANCE AND ACTUARIES
29 May 2002, EDINBURGH
The Genetics and Insurance Research Centre (GIRC) is holding a one-day
meeting on GENETICS, INSURANCE AND ACTUARIES at Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh on 29 May 2002.
Guest speakers are: Tim Bishop, Tony McGleenan, Michael Steel, David Wilkie
This is an important opportunity for all of those interested in the genetics,
family history and insurance debate to hear and discuss the latest professional
evidence.
Those who should attend are -
actuaries
geneticists concerned with risk assessment
epidemiologists
underwriters
policy makers and ethics experts
The meeting has two parts:
- The morning session is a workshop on actuarial modelling applied to
genetical problems. It is intended for actuaries, epidemiologists and
other professionals in quantitative fields, with an interest in finding
out more. Some very basic knowledge of actuarial or survival modelling
will be assumed, but the learning curve will not be steep!
- The afternoon session will bring together well-known experts from
actuarial science, genetic epidemiology, law and medicine to give their
views on what actuaries should be doing, and how what actuaries do
affects their fields.
It is possible to register for the whole meeting or for the afternoon
session only (including lunch).
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PROGRAM
09.30 Registration
10.00 Workshop 1: The actuarial toolkit (Angus Macdonald)
10.50 Coffee
11.10 Workshop 2: From epidemiology to actuarial models (Angus Macdonald)
12.00 Workshop 3: Discussion
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Professor Michael Steel (St Andrews):
Competing interests in health prediction: a genticist's perspective
14.10 Professor Tim Bishop (Leeds):
A View From Genetic Epidemiology
14.50 Coffee
15.10 Professor David Wilkie (Heriot-Watt and GAIC):
Actuarial models for genetic risk in insurance
15.50 Dr Tony McGleenan (Queens, Belfast):
Genetics, Insurance and Public Policy
16.30 Discussion
17.00 Close
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FEES
Industry, non-sponsors of GIRC: GBP 120 (all day), GBP 60 (half day)
Industry, sponsors of GIRC: GBP 80 (all day), GBP 40 (half day)
NHS/charities/academic GBP 60 (all day), GBP 30 (half day)
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REGISTRATION
Please send the following details to Mrs Mary Wilson, Department of
Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
EH14 4AS. Cheques should be made payable to Heriot-Watt University. We
are sorry we are unable to accept payment by credit card.
Tel: 0131-451-3202
Fax: 0131-451-3249
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