Maura Feddersen

Maura Feddersen, Behavioural Economist at Swiss Re, talks with 'FP&A Today' on the science of forecasting and how new methods can be used to overcome cognitive #biases and improved accuracy by 5%. Listen to her #podcast 👉ow.ly/K3I1104GzGG #BehaviouralEconomics @datarails

Organisations are increasing investments in the scaling of best practices for strong expert #judgement backed by #training and #technology. Find out more here: theactuary.com/2022/10/06/no-…

Intern opportunity at iptiQ if you'd like to work on business challenges related to digital experiences and are a strong qualitative researcher: careers.swissre.com/job/London-Beh…

Intern opportunity at @SwissRe if you are passionate about people science and ethics in behavioural science: careers.swissre.com/job/London/780…

Double summer #internship alert for behavioural scientists in #London! See below for more 👇 #behaviouraleconomics #behaviouralscience

“Behavioural economists place humans at the centre of product development, sales, or any part of the insurance value chain." We talked to @MauraFeddersen from @SwissRe about behavioural economics, underwriting, and how science can back expert judgement. instech.london/insight/behavi…

How can the #insurance sector best harness the opportunities in #behaviouraleconomics? The ten takeaways from #swissreinstitute's research: ow.ly/S9lw50GVjxW

We can only approach an objective #truth through #debate. We can make up for our own reasoning errors through the collective, if we engage critically with others and learn from other viewpoints ~ @sapinker @dilipsoman @UofT_BEAR #rationality

@dilipsoman Ahh no! I remember fondly doing this in the Magaliesberg - an opportunity to change my perspective in more than one way.

What a loss! The balloon safari was an outstanding experience, thanks @MauraFeddersen for recommending it!

As a result, @SwissRe Institute recently identified "Ethics in digital nudging" as an emerging trend that could become relevant for the re/insurance industry more widely. Have a look here for more: swissre.com/institute/rese… 3/3

These #darkpatterns and #sludge harm not only consumers but also pose a reputational threat to firms. 2/3

In 2019, a British online travel retailer made headlines when customers complained that the checkout process was so confusing, they inadvertently bought travel cancellation #insurance that they did not want. 1/3

@Thobava @katy_milkman @CassSunstein @AdamMGrant @ethan_kross @Leidyklotz "Subtract" looks very appealing - probably the biggest pain point and suggestion from colleagues. Could we have fewer processes, fewer tools, fewer steps please? Please not another process!

Just received 2 new books recommended by some of my mentors ! Impatient to learn but it is more and more difficult to keep the pace as my preferred authors & researchers have been too productive the last 6 months 😅(@katy_milkman @CassSunstein @AdamMGrant @ethan_kross...)

At my doorstep this morning my most anticipated #behaviouraleconomics book in months! It's not just #bias, but also #noise (unwanted fluctuations in human judgement) that cause problems! Keen to get all the details from Daniel Kahneman, @SibOliv and @CassSunstein 🤓📖

Decision hygiene, a structure for developing our judgements, is not a straitjacket. It gives us scope to do more than to say 'yes' or 'no' to what the person before us said. It encourages us to go deeper and consider the 'why'. This only enhances our agency. ~ @CassSunstein

Algorithms are still far from ruling our lives, so our own human judgement still matters. With 'decision hygiene', we can address the sources of error in judgement. Think hand washing, but for #decision making ~ @SibOliv @CassSunstein @kahneman_daniel #noise

Diversity of viewpoints can only surface in decisions when our judgements are derived independently of one another. In this way, our tendency to conform does not inadvertently suppress #diversity ~ @kahneman_daniel #noise #behaviouraleconomics

A hospital where 1/2 of doctors over-diagnose & 1/2 under-diagnose is a 'noisy' hospital. On average, it might look ok, but many patients are subject to intrusive, expensive treatments. Others are at risk of death. Noise, not just bias, is an issue in our judgement @CassSunstein

Senior Behavioural Data Scientist at Swiss Re based in London, GB @MauraFeddersen @SwissRe linkedin.com/jobs/view/2339…

2-3% of GDP, not just 0.4% of GDP according to current estimates, must be invested in #green #tech to stave off devastating #climate change. Many projects can and must begin now, even in a Covid-19 world ~ Robert Pollin on Intelligence Squared #iq2 @intelligence2