Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting presents managing systems development. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 32PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 19-21 in Anaheim, CA. The concept of data warehousing means different things to different people. For actuaries, the primary focus is on improved access to timely information and applications that enable them to work more efficiently and produce better results. The panelists discuss the business side of data warehouses, noting that the real value in a data warehouse, or in an analytic platform, is whether you can actually use the data after you get it out, and discuss experiences in building data warehouses for actuaries in life and health companies. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses microcomputers, uses in the insurance industry, programming languages, using micros as an actuarial and agency tool, using micros for preparing policy illustrations and other computer applications. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting describes new technological projects that have been implemented including telecommuting and supporting distributed workers, Lotus Notes, Excel, PC based benefit administration systems and ISDN. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: Most courses in Excel, Word, PowerPoint or other Microsoft Office products stop just short of teaching you the highly productive things you can do with Visual Basic for Applications VBA, the powerful language that comes free with your purchase of Microsoft Office. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3.

Description: The quality of data is paramount to the success of today's data-driven enterprises. The insurance industry is no exception. Insurers use a variety of resources and techniques to validate data. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 66IF of the Dallas Spring Meeting.