Description: This paper reviews the applications of operations research methods in the insurance industry. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: This discussion is about how are computers being used for Underwriting of individual policies mortality and morbidity studies, including the derivation of exposures, analysis of claims, etc. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2

Description: This article is a brief overview of what digital health is, how it is regulated, and who some of the big unicorns are.

Description: This webinar is a panel discussion covering the technology behind blockchain and digital assets as well their uses, implications and risks. Investment considerations for both tokens and fund structures, along with a variety of other topics in the space will be addressed.

Description: An overview of the basic tooling and packages available for the Julia programming language, with a focus on why this is of interest to the actuarial profession. It covers some of the built-in language features as well parts of the Julia package ecosystem that make Julia ideal for modeling and data analysis. This is the second installment in a series of article aimed at actuaries. The first installment, Julia for Actuaries, was published in the October 2020 edition of Actuarial Technology Today, and covered the base language itself, its high-level, math-friendly syntax, and why the actuary of the future should consider its adoption.

Description: InsurTech is commonly described as the providing insurance protection and services through new technology innovations, often with a goal of producing savings and efficiency from the traditional insurance industry model. InsurTech is a seen as a growing place where the actuarial profession provides expertise and services.

Description: The topic of this discussion focused on the new methods of calculation, processing, and valuation using electronic equipment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: In this article, we talk to Lei Rao-Knight, FSA, Vice President and Actuary at Prudential Financial. Lei discusses her model development experience in the Modeling Center of Excellence.

Description: Learn more about the predictive modeling that was applied to industry data for the lapse and mortality experience in the post-level term period. Novel approaches were taken to model the shock lapse, subsequent lapse, and mortality experience. Observe a demonstration of the Tableau tool, which was built to allow users to analyze data on their own.

Description: This paper described the 80-column punched card which had been adopted by the New York Life and the general procedure which was being followed in the preparation of such mortality card on new issues of policies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.