Fairness of predictive models: an application to insurance markets

This project addresses biases within the automatic artificial intelligence algorithms utilized to determine optimal pricing in individual policies. Its aim is to mitigate or eliminate such biases, which could lead to inequities or discriminatory practices based on factors such as gender, race, religion, or origin in the coverage provided by insurers or reinsurers to policyholders.  

The research topic has both theoretical significance, as it involves enhancing control over the "black box" nature of AI-based models, and practical importance, as it aims to reduce risks associated with discrimination and inequality. Given the increasing influence of social networks and the consequential reputational challenges faced by insurers and reinsurers, this issue is particularly relevant and timely.

Fields of research / technical cooperation 
Actuarial science

Arthur Charpentier, PhD, Fellow of the French Institute of Actuaries*, is full professor at UQAM, Montreal, Canada, and Université de Rennes, in France. He is member of the editorial board of the Journal of Risk and Insurance, the ASTIN Bulletin, and Risks. He edited, a few years ago, Computational Actuarial Science with R (CRC), and more recently wrote Insurance, Biases, Discrimination and Fairness (Springer). He is also the former director of the Data Science for Actuaries program of the French Institute of Actuaries. He is a Louis Bachelier Fellow, and his recent work is about climate change and predictive modeling insurance, more specifically in the context of fairness and discrimination.

Alma mater: MSc in actuarial science ENSAE (1999, Paristech, France), MSc in mathematical economics Paris Dauphine (1999, PSL, France), PhD in applied mathematics KU Leuven (2006, Belgium), HDR* in applied mathematics Université de Rennes (2016, France).