Description: Discusses ways to minimize errors in Excel spreadsheets used for risk modeling.

Description: Read the April 2017 issue of CompAct published by the Technology Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Report on the EuSpRIG Annual Meeting last July in Paris, which focused on modeling.

Description: Looking at some specific data visualization types that may be less familiar to actuaries, with examples. All are implementable in Excel.

Description: Read about The Bulletin Board Updates on important events related to the Technology Section.

Description: This article, Spreadsheet Controls Add Risk Resilience, spotlights why spreadsheets have stood the test of time and how they help contribute to an actuary’s success. It also discusses common causes of data integrity issues relative to spreadsheets. And, offers insight into controls that can be utilized to helps actuaries solve these issues and ensure the accuracy and consistency of the data on which they base their analysis.

Description: Reviews different software and/or language choices for data visualization based on 6 dimensions. Number 4 out of a series of 5 articles on data visualization.

Description: In the world of digital excitement, Blockchain is the newest kid on the technology block. Pull up any search engine, punch in “Blockchain” and find yourself inundated with articles praising improvements over current centralized network systems that many insurers use. But is this praise warranted, and does Blockchain truly cure all ails? In this article, we pose commonly asked questions as well as provide answers from the perspective of an insurance company.

Description: There are many factors driving digitalization but a reliable and meaningful data architecture is the basic prerequisite to a successful digitalization strategy.

Description: Feature article discussing the power of psychosocial data.