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ConstraintCognitive automation2024-12-31
UK insurers must have people with actuarial knowledge judge the data, check estimates against experience and report to the board on how reliable the reserves are
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Event date / reported
2024-12-31
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Preparing the data and the experience study
Pulling policy and claims records together, cleaning them, and working out what actually happened against what was assumed.
Automating✓ Evidence-backed
Explaining the number to the people who decide
Telling a board, a product team or a regulator what the model assumes, where it is weak, and what would change the answer.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
United Kingdom, insurers under the PRA's Solvency II rules. The rulebook says the actuarial function must be carried out by persons with knowledge of actuarial and financial mathematics; that it must assess the sufficiency and quality of the data used in technical provisions and compare best estimates against experience; that information to the governing body must include a reasoned analysis of the reliability and adequacy of the calculations and the degree of uncertainty; and that it must produce a written report to the governing body at least annually. It does not name a professional qualification, and it does not require the data to be prepared by hand.
What this means
In UK insurance, judging whether the data is good enough and explaining to the board how far to trust the reserves is legally a person's job.
What it does not yet show
UK insurers only; the rule keeps the judgement with people, not the preparation of the data.
What you can check
Open Chapter 6 of the PRA's Conditions Governing Business and find "must be carried out by persons who have knowledge of actuarial and financial mathematics".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. Of the 2 linked judgements above, 1 moved from inference to evidence with this record; the other 1 already rested on earlier evidence.
Source
Prudential Regulation Authority — PRA Rulebook, Conditions Governing Business, Chapter 6 'Actuarial Function' (rules 6.6 and 6.9 dated 31/12/2024) · verified 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-15 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.