Keith Almeida
Keith is a qualified actuary, with 10 years of experience within the general insurance industry. Keith cofounded Fresh Canvas in 2018, and has a passion for implementing AI based solutions within the insurance industry in order to drive efficiency. Keith has implemented machine learning based solutions on several projects, including using neural networks to identify images as well as and utilising RNN’s for sentiment analysis.
Prior to cofounding Fresh Canvas, Keith lead a team of eight actuarial staff within Willis Towers Watson’s Strategic Risk Consulting division in London. Keith’s primary day to day activities included the optimisation of insurance structures for large FTSE100 and STOXX600 corporates, as well as the Solvency II Actuarial Function role for European captives.
Before moving to London, Keith worked at Finity Consulting, Australia’s leading Actuarial Consultancy. Keith’s projects included commercial lines pricing and included enriching datasets with external credit data to improve rating.