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  • Table It in Microsoft Excel
    to convince you of the advantages of referring to table data by column name. Instead of referring to data ... using the title at the top of the column. It seems nicer to refer to “Face Amount” instead of “Column ...
    • Authors: Paul Margus
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Actuarial Modeling Systems: How Open We WANT Them to be vs. How Closed We NEED Them to be
    be vs. How Closed We NEED Them to be Comparison of open code and closed code actuarial modeling systems ... systems, focusing on advantages and disadvantages of each group. Modeling;Model conversion;Model validation;Software ...

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    • Authors: Alexander Zaidlin, James Christou, Ravi Bhagat
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Thought leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Common Software Design Issues
    Discusses some of the more common software-design issues that can reduce the productivity of the software-development ... software-development team and the software's adaptability to competitive market and statutory requirements ...

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    • Authors: Andrew Chan
    • Date: Jan 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • Cluster Modeling: A New Technique To Improve Model Efficiency
    2 Editor’s Notes Howard Callif 3 Letter from the Chair Tim Pauza 9 Cool Tech Matthew Wilson 14 ... 20 The End Users Justify the Means: IV The Journey Home Mary Pat Campbell 25 In Praise of Approximations ...

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    • Authors: Craig Reynolds, Avi Freedman
    • Date: Jul 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Long-Term Care
    Long-Term Care Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session talks about ... Actuary Symposium. This session talks about the Long-Term Care Insurance Valuation Task Force report ...

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    • Authors: Burton Jay, Bartley L Munson, James Robinson
    • Date: Sep 1995
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Why Actuaries Should Start Paying Attention to Python
    Attention to Python By Andrew M. WebsterA discussion on the computer language Python and its benefits to actuaries ... Andrew M. Webster The 2016 movie “Hidden Figures” highlights the careers in the 1960s of three brilliant ...
    • Authors: Andrew Webster
    • Date: Aug 2018
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Learn more about outsourcing employee benefit services
    a summary of key points from the ERISA Advisory Council Report on Outsourcing (2014). The report provides ... perspectives and the article encourages the reader to look at the report and consider the issues raised ...

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    • Authors: Anna M Rappaport
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Public Policy; Technology & Applications>Software
  • A Cash Flow Approach to Teaching Actuarial Science
    Actuarial Science The complex world of life insurance, historically the domain of those gifted in integral ... spreadsheets and the Solver macro. The cash flow approach to learning life insurance examines how the cash flows ...

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    • Authors: Ronald Crabb
    • Date: Jan 1997
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Microsoft Windows 95: Revolutionary or Evolutionary?
    Microsoft Windows 95: Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. ... Discusses the new capabilities offered by Windows 95 from the perspectives of the end-user, software ...

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    • Authors: Michael F Davlin, Patrick A Basso, Steven Hambruch
    • Date: May 1996
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
  • Introduction to Distributed Computing
    Introduction to Distributed Computing This article explains why distributed computing systems ... have grown in popularity as well as the benefits and drawbacks of implementing them. Big data;Computer ...

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    • Authors: Jason Altieri
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software