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  • A Return Visit to the Sugarscape
    A Return Visit to the Sugarscape This article describes the use of artificial society modeling ... insurance agent population and effectiveness on individual life insurance sales. This is part of an ongoing ...

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    • Authors: Ben Wolzenski
    • Date: Dec 2013
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Reinsurance News, August 2014, Issue 79
    Survey are now available. The survey captures individual and group life data from U.S. and Canadian life ... and opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of the ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Update - Futurism 101
    at the appropriate level and deal with it on the table rather than sweep it under the rug and hope that ... heuristic forecasting. Although the tool runs on an individual personal computer, it is better as a group tool ...

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    • Authors: E Tom Hughes, Alan Mills, Peter C Bishop
    • Date: Oct 1996
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Mortality Improvement Rates: Modeling and Parameter Uncertainty
    rates (Society of Actuaries Group Annuity Valuation Table Task Force, 1995; Society of Actuaries, 2012) ... mortality rates which generate these rates. 10 Table 1. Model Structures Considered in This Paper Model ...

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    • Authors: Andrew Hunt, Andres Mauricio Villegas Ramirez
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • STOCHASTIC APPROACHES TO CORPORATE PLANNING
    at book value. There is a mandatory securities valuation reserve which is much more of a burden on common ... handling the random variable is to use a random number table or generator to determine the value of the random ...

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    • Authors: Frank S Irish
    • Date: Apr 1977
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Actuarial Model Component Design
    depend on the function of the model. For example, valuation models are going to have a lower threshold for ... Enterprise- level standardization. Just as an individual model can be standardized, the modeling function ...

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    • Authors: Bill Cember, Jeffrey Yoon
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Value Based and Accountable Care: The Actuarial and Clinical Role in Building a Sustainable Model
    better, and the organizations are more capable. The table below summarizes the transitions needed to help ... reimbursement methodologies. We also know that individual consumers are gaining influence, and they have ...

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    • Authors: Mark Bethke, James M Whisler, Amanda Holland
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Payment models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods; Public Policy
  • Horses for Courses
    classified into three categories: • Pricing, • Valuation and • Projections. Although the core aspects ... of the actuarial model is desirable. With a valuation model, changes are made with much more control ...

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    • Authors: Van Beach
    • Date: Oct 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Change management; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Dynamic simulation models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The Actuarial Road Not Taken - Jeff Sagarin's Sports Ratings
    The Actuarial Road Not Taken - Jeff Sagarin's Sports Ratings Jeff Sagarin is one of ... insurers on the individual exchange are only allowed to modify the base premium for an individual based on ...

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    • Authors: Anders Larson
    • Date: Jul 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
  • Recent Advances in Prediction Theory
    another piece of series later on, even though the individual values are different. Now immediately you realize ... had before can be generalized and each of the m individual time series has to be detrended as the first ...

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    • Authors: Craig F Ansley, Robert J Johansen, Irwin T Vanderhoof, William E. Wecker
    • Date: Oct 1979
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting