Description: This 1981 session focused on Recent Trends in Computer Technology including: i. What is the new hardware? 2. What opportunities are offered by the new hardware? a Administrative/service-oriented possibilities I Totality of information storage 2 Paperless administration/elimination of hard copy records 3 Effect on user 4 Different/flexible structure of information 5 On-line processing concurrent with data processing b Product-oriented possibilities i Universal life 2 Flexible premium annuities 3 Adjustable life 4 Retired lives reserve 5 Bank annuities 6 Variable life/annuities From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: A discussion on how technology can modernize loss reserving approaches.

Description: This article introduces IT DevOps to actuaries and how it is applicable to them to improve their modeling efforts and make them more efficient.

Description: This paper discusses recent developments in modern computer languages including COBOL, ALGOL/FORTRAN, APL, SNOBOL/COMIT and LISP/IPL.

Description: Most actuaries deal with model development at some point in their career. However, very few of us have proper training in programming, software engineering or software shop operations. Explore topics, techniques, and practices from the FinTech and IT industries that can be applied to building robust, high-quality actuarial models. This session will be of particular interest to actuaries engaged in 'in-house' model development, managers of modeling teams, and actuaries interested in software development.

Description: The article discusses the use of R in prototyping automation procedures. It offers general pros and cons for R and walks through a specific use case, which involves scraping and summarizing data stored in Microsoft Excel.

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 1981 session focused on Recent Trends in Computer Technology including: i. What is the new hardware? 2. What opportunities are offered by the new hardware? a Administrative/service-oriented possibilities I Totality of information storage 2 Paperless administration/elimination of hard copy records 3 Effect on user 4 Different/flexible structure of information 5 On-line processing concurrent with data processing b Product-oriented possibilities i Universal life 2 Flexible premium annuities 3 Adjustable life 4 Retired lives reserve 5 Bank annuities 6 Variable life/annuities From Record of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 7, No. 1.

Description: A description of how IoT can benefit life insurance companies.

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 1 is a list of some of the sources of information that may be useful to an actuary who wishes to increase his or her knowledge of data processing.