Description: Book review – this book is a concise look at the evolution of formal investment theory and related financial forecasting, with continual contextual references to its ties to gambling and to organized crime.

Description: At the 2009 SOA Annual Meeting in Boston, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shared some thoughts on Black Swans, operating in the fourth quadrant, and living in the world of Extremistan versus Mediocristan during his keynote speech, all of which can be found in his published work. The follow-up session, summarized in this article, addresses the real question: What do we actuaries do about these phenomena?

Description: The main focus of this article revolves around pension plans and their funding levels.

Description: A review of the Bridging the Gap Series: Application of Predictive Modeling in VA/FIA Risk Management at the Equity Based Guarantees Conference in Chicago.

Description: A summary of the risk that the use of spreadsheets pose, along with key controls to reduce the risk.

Description: Impact investing is investments in “companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate social impact alongside a financial return”.

Description: A description of Data Science best practice tools and how they can apply to general actuarial work.

Description: Read the December 2017 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism published by the Predictive Analytics & Futurism Section.

Description: High level overview on how to implement a risk adjustment chart chase program.

Description: Summary of all issue articles, with theme of recognizing limits of classical actuarial methods.