Description: The author reviews the book, The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life, by Len Fisher. He provides his own interpretation of the power of the swarm and touts the book as a straightforward and informative introduction to various aspects of complexity science.

Description: This article explores a potential alternative to the more typical regression-based specification of risk adjustment models. We demonstrate a proof of concept that a nearest-neighbors approach may hold some promise in certain applications of health-based risk adjustment.

Description: This review discusses the notion that a diverse group of individuals, namely, a crowd, has greater wisdom and can make better decisions than a very accomplished individual expert or a very smart group of individuals who are similar to each another and applies this thinking to business in general.

Description: The artcle looks at the most important features necessary to conduct a meaningful quantitative analysis. The article also discusses how predictive analytics should be used as a tactic to anwer question and not an end in of itself.

Description: Parables and Prophecies Prevent Predictive Prowess

Description: Feature article discussing the usefulness of Lorenz and Lift curves.

Description: Overview of the seven trends affecting the Actuarial profession .

Description: Actuaries are Known as highly ethical. Data Science poses ethical challenges for our profession.

Description: This article summarizes the new research paper of "InsurTech: A Guide for the Actuarial Community" by Carrie Kelley and Kiki Wang. It serves as a quick read for our members to learn the latest development in the InsurTech space and explore the opportunities for actuarial practitioners

Description: Jeff Sagarin is one of the most well-known figures in the sports analytics world, with his sports ratings appearing in USA Today for over 30 years. Few may know that he started his career in the actuarial world, even passing three exams before his sports ratings took off. This article explores the parallels between the challenges of developing sports rating systems and the challenges that actuaries face every day.