Description: Information technology may change the very concept on which the actuarial profession is based. The result could be the reduction of all risk categories to a category of one.” John Diebold, chairman of the Diebold Group of management consultants, told a luncheon audience at the Centennial Celebration.

Description: Discussion of the new features that have been added to the Society of Actuaries' web-site.

Description: The article provides several examples of projects led by actuaries who are applying advanced data analytics and big data to solve industry-specific business problems.

Description: When it comes to record linkage, the challenge is bringing together the right information from several sources. Here's how to make things match up.

Description: This article provides a list of insurance related Internet websites.

Description: This article is about how technology and the internet is changing the way insurance is marketed and sold.

Description: This article provides information on how to navigate the Internet's World Wide Web and tap into resources of interest to actuaries.

Description: This article discusses the benefits of the recent advances in technology. The author cautions that while these advances create demands that call for yet more advances, we need to think longer term to avoid future side effects like Y2K.

Description: The author notes: ‘as actuaries familiar with computers are thoroughly aware, the Halo notation the century-old life contingencies system we all learned as students has to be “linearized” strung out in a straight line for computer programming.’ This article describes a linearized notation that the author has used successfully for several years, for programming use only.

Description: Interview with Milliman consultant Sarah Konrad Hinchey