Expanding Horizons Issue 38, February 2008

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Winter 2008 issue of Expanding Horizons, news and information for actuarial educators.

• Analytics You Should Know but Don't
• Summary of the E&R Section sponsored a predictive modeling session held at the 2007 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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• Halmstad Prize Awarded
• The Halmstad Prize was awarded at the 2007 SOA Annual Meeting.
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• Preliminary Education Update
• Updates on Exams P/1, FM/2 and MLC.
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• E&R Sessions at 2008 Health Spring Meeting
• A preview of sessions that will be held at the Health Spring Meeting.
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• E&R Sessions at 2008 Life Spring Meeting
• A preview of sessions that will be held at the Life Spring Meeting.
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• 2008 Actuarial Research Conference
• Information about the 43rd ARC
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• 2009 Actuarial Research Conference
• Information about the 44th ARC
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• Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting
• Information on the Current Issues in Actuarial Science Education session that was held at the Joint Mathematics Meeting
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• The R Corner
• This month the R corner will be looking at Vincent Goulet's actuar R package.
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• E&R Section Council Notes
  Notes from the current Education and Research Section Council Meetings and Conference Calls.
• Conference Call–September 11, 2007
• Conference Call–October 7, 2007
• Conference Call–November 15, 2007
• Announcements:
• $10,000 Ph.D. Grant Competition
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• Position Announcements:
• University of Iowa