Description: Presented at 1983 Actuarial Research Conference. Discussion focuses on improving coordination between practicing actuaries, academic actuaries and non-actuarial academics. The situations in Canada and the UK are also discussed. The emphasis is on research and communications among the different parties.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to discuss computer application, the management of an insurance enterprise in an automobile insurance marketplace wherein a number of insurers compete for marketshare and profit. The paper begins with a description of the computer program next, a cursory description of the model is given then, the assumptions of the model are discussed next, potential future modifications are discussed and, finally, a prognosis is given.

Description: The purpose of this brief presentation is to make the actuarial research community more aware of the Committee on Knowledge Extension Research CKER and the role it plays both within the Society of Actuaries' research functions and with other actuarial organizations, particularly the Actuarial Education and Research Fund AERF.

Description: Non-consequentiality is quite consequential for the claims made for the applicability of Risk Theory RT to decision problems that are not transparently tactical or wholly instrumental. On the negative side, RT is not normative or even a complete heuristic in such contexts. The author takes strong exception to the common tendencies, A to link risk theory with welfarism and versions of utilitarianism, and B to claim that with or without but especially with such linkage RT is normative in both moral and rational analysis, choice and action.

Description: This is the program for the 25th Actuarial Research Conference held at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada on August 23-25, 1990. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: This is a thank you note sent out by Sarah Christiansen of the Principal Financial Group and Stuart Klugman of Drake University for the opportunity of hosting the 34th Annual Actuarial Research Conference. The Conference was held Aug. 8-11, 1999, in Des Moines, Iowa. The theme of the conference, jointly sponsored by Drake University and The Principal Financial Group, was building bridges between theory and practice. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 2000, Vol. 1.

Description: Continuing change pervades the actuarial world. Actuarial tools and techniques are constantly evolving, new financial products and services appear regularly, legislation and regulation rarely remain unchanged for long, consumers are becoming better informed and more sophisticated, the financial environment is becoming increasingly global, distinctions between types of financial institution are becoming more blurred, and the areas in which actuaries find applications for their skills become more varied. In this context, the most important attribute for actuaries is the capacity to adapt. This paper considers some implications for university actuarial programs of the need to develop adaptive actuaries. It discusses the results of a survey of the preferred learning styles of Macquarie University actuarial students, examines the newly introduced Australian actuarial subject called 'The Actuarial Control Cycle,' and looks at the use of portfolios of student work. It concludes that in order to develop adaptive actuaries for the 21st century, actuarial programs must broaden the range and type of teaching/learning activities and assessment methods provided for students.

Description: This paper contains the results of a survey which show that computer skills have appeared to become a more important part of the hiring process. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1997 VOL. 1

Description: This is a presentation by Society of Actuaries President, Anna M. Rappaport, at the 1998 Actuarial Research Conference. It is about the challenges facing actuaries and what the SOA is doing to help. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1999 Vol. 1.

Description: This is the program for the 30th Annual Actuarial Research Conference held at The Penn State Scanticon Conference Center in University Park, PA on August 17-19, 1995. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1996, Vol. 1.