Description: 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium. The panelists discussed the benefits of data integration, data warehousing, what OLifE is now, and what it is projected to be in the future.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session offers a retrospective and prospective look at the development of actuarial pricing models and technology tools.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Washington, DC Annual Meeting examine corporate software applications in terms of at least three tiers, and how actuarial applications have blurred the distinction among these tiers.

Description: Summarizing the session "How to Keep Your Spreadsheets Out of the Headlines", on preventing spreadsheet error, from the 2015 SOA Annual Meeting. Presenters were Alex Cires, Sandra To, and Mary Pat Campbell.

Description: This article discusses the shortfalls present in most retirement planning software. Some of these come from the design of the software and some from unsophisticated use of it. In any case, the resources needed for retirement are often understated.

Description: This article explains the importance of centralizing modeling departments. It goes further and explains the importance of making all aspects of modeling reusable. It explains the consequences of decentralization.

Description: This article provides a pre-release summary of Microsoft Windows Vista personal computer operating system.

Description: Life Insurers have fallen behind the customer service curve and service expectations of younger customers. This article suggests changes for correcting this.

Description: Using the copula package in the R computing language for ERM modeling.