Hi, I'm Jaren.
Qualified actuary with 15 years across the APAC region. I spend my days in risk consulting and my nights building ML models — trying to figure out where traditional actuarial thinking and modern AI actually meet (and where they really don't).
When I'm not doing either of those things, I'm usually on a sports field or with my family.
What I do
Risk Consulting
I work with organisations across APAC to build risk frameworks that actually hold up — not just on paper, but when things get complicated.
AI Engineering
Experimenting with ML models applied to actuarial problems — pricing, reserving, fraud detection. Mostly learning as I go and writing about what I find.
Recent writing
Adding a Chatbot to the HDB Resale Dashboard
Apr 2025The HDB Resale Transaction Dashboard now has an LLM-powered chatbot — built with Groq for fast, conversational queries on Singapore's public housing resale data.
Risk Management Trends in APAC 2024
Dec 2024What's actually changing in the APAC risk landscape — climate, regulation, and the slow shift toward data-driven frameworks.
AI Applications in Actuarial Science
Dec 2024Where ML is genuinely useful in actuarial work, where it's overhyped, and what the black box problem means in practice.