Description: Read the August 2018 issue of Predictive Analytics and Futurism newsletter published by the Predictive Analytics and Futurism Section.

Description: A summary of how the Forecasting and Futurism Section is networking with other SOA sections and with external organizations to collaborate on various projects. Also highlights new events and projects happening on the forecasting and futurism front.

Description: Feature article discussing the ways artificial intelligence will influence the actuarial field.

Description: Using the Cox proportional Hazards Model to improve underwriting debits and credits.

Description: This article describes the use of artificial society modeling to gauge the effect of insurance agent population and effectiveness on individual life insurance sales. This is part of an ongoing effort to extend the use of one type of agent-based modeling beyond health care, but is far from a practical application at this point.

Description: An overview of the Predictive Analytics World (PAW) conference

Description: The author discusses the use of genetic algorithms as they apply to actuaries, specifically the application of characteristics and their potential to solve life insurance asset and liability management problems. He also highlights various ways genetic algorithms can be used to solve a variety of actuarial problems.

Description: A discussion on the starting point of building a predictive model.

Description: The author presents autoencoders in a clear manner and then goes on to show an intriguing application where an autoencoder can alert us to events out of the ordinary.

Description: The July 2013 issue of the SOA’s Forecasting & Futurism section’s newsletter, Forecasting & Futurism.