Actuarial Podcast

More info on the three main changes to the New Actuarial Syllabus.

Do online shops increase the price on Black Friday and still pretend that these items are on discount?

Discover Bank is giving out free equity in its new bank to customers, if and only if they are black. Is this racist or a better way of distributing equity than previous Black Economic Empowerment schemes?

After what has felt like a million years, I am now a Fellow Actuary and I’ve updated my YouTube channel name.

South African Banks are hiring lots of actuarial graduates. In this video, we explore why this is the case and rant a bit about high banking fees. This video was inspired by a YouTube comment, let me know in the comment section below what you want me to discuss next.mes?

We look at some of the diverse roles actuaries can play in Financial Markets

In this episode, we look at a subscribers question around the Travel Insurance Industry.

When we introduce chance to famous thought experiments, do they change our moral decisions?

In this podcast I compare the Utilitarian position to Kant and suggest that under deterministic conditions people tend to be Utilitarian, but when we introduce chance, people change and align with Kant.

In the future, 1 out of every 2 babies born could be African. We look at Birth Rates and the impact they have on Africa's Demographics. Are big populations the cause of poverty? Or will the size of Africa give it the potential to become a production powerhouse?