Actuary of the Future Section: Speculative Spectacular: Where Fiction Meets Reality Part 1

<p>Explore where fiction meets reality. In this episode of the “Speculative Spectacular” series, Nate Worrell talks with award winners from the 14^th Speculative Fiction contest about how fiction writing improves actuarial communication. Then we look at their visions of possible futures, discussing the real world implications related to continuous personal health tracking.</p> <p>In “Just Don’t Look at It” by Chris Fievoli, a continuous insurance premium suddenly spikes, indicating immediate danger. Karl Gagnon’s “Premium Day Eve” follows the pursuit of achieving a perfect health score. And Camille Knepper explores the relationship between humans and their health AI ‘Buddy’ in “Health Watch.” Want more? <a href= "https://www.soa.org/sections/2020-speculative-fiction-contest/">Check out these authors stories.</a>  </p> <p><em>The Speculative Spectacular will launch in October of 2022.</em></p>