Description: The Society of Actuaries Predictive Analytics and Futurism Section, the Financial Reporting Section, the Investment Section and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries are pleased to release a new and improved version of the 2005 Society of Actuaries (SOA) Delphi study of four economic variables. Performed by Theodore J. Gordon, the research acquaints actuaries with the application of futures methods that could supplement traditional actuarial forecasting practices.

Description: This article provides a flavor for the wealth of statistical information provided by the Bureau Of Economic Analysis. It describes the BEA program, tells how to obtain BEA outputs, and looks at some issues BEA faces.

Description: The Society of Actuaries is honored to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Session Awards for the 2021 Life Meeting that took place virtually Aug. 30 – Sept. 1.

Description: This article contains a synopsis of the author's presentation at the 2011 Living to 100 symposium. The presentation discusses the aging of the population in India and its effect on the Indian economy.

Description: Data science, predictive analytics and AI are certainly the buzzwords these days. They are heavily used and developed in underwriting and marketing but for most actuaries, they might/may as well be science fiction. The presenters will demonstrate how a normal actuary can utilize data science techniques in their daily job function without forming an official data science team within a company. It can be done in a gradual fashion so that normal business is not disrupted and improvements are made over time. The usage of data science techniques will include demonstrations of the following areas: - Regression analysis - Economic scenario generator - Experience study - Data quality checks - Inforce compression for explicit hedging

Description: It is now almost 120 years since Makeham extended Gompertz’s efforts to find a simple mathematical law which would reflect the mortality experience of a group of lives and also simplify the calculation of monetary values. This article discusses a radically different approach, relating mortality improvements to economic condition, proposed by Kohler and Alcock in an article in the Journal of Peace Research, Vol XIII entitled Economic Law of Life.

Description: This panel discussion was presented at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The discussion focuses on the economic outlook in 1976.

Description: Tables used in the Dealing with Problems in Data Quality for the Measurement of Mortality at Advanced Ages in Canada paper.

Description: Article from The Actuary regarding the medical malpractice crisis. could a macro system be the answer to a reduction in medical malpractice costs? Information in this article points in that direction.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to outline certain questions involved in the analysis of the experience emerging from the operation of Major Medical Expense insurance plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.