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  • Mortality Mensuration
    Mortality Mensuration Review of a new text on mortality measurement, 'Mortality Table Construction' by Robert W. Batten. Assumptions;Contingencies;Insurance valuation tables;Mortality ...

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    • Authors: Richard (Dick) L London
    • Date: Oct 1978
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem
    Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem This article discusses challenges that short-term predictions have on actuaries' reputations, both as individuals and as a profession, ...

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    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • Roll Your Own Cluster Model
    Roll Your Own Cluster Model This article walks through the process of building a cluster model using off-the-shelf software. Cluster analysis;Modeling efficiency 6442473153 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • Using Life Table Techniques to Model Mortality Rates for Small Populations
    Using Life Table Techniques to Model Mortality Rates for Small Populations We provide a possible solution to deal with the parameter estimation of mortality models when the population size is ...

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    • Authors: Ching-Syang Jack Yue, Hsin Chung Wang
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • The Modeling Platform, December 2016, Issue 4
    The Modeling Platform, December 2016, Issue 4 Read the December 2016 issue of The Modeling Platform published by the Modeling Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • The Modeling Platform, April 2017, Issue 5
    The Modeling Platform, April 2017, Issue 5 Read the April 2017 issue of The Modeling Platform published by the Modeling Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • The Actuary of 2010
    The Actuary of 2010 Presented at June 2002 Spring Meeting. A noted expert with a degree from the graduate program in Studies of the Future at the University of Houston-Clear Lake discusses ...

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    • Authors: Dorn Swerdlin, Ken Hamik
    • Date: Jun 2002
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation
  • Assessing Prescription Opioid Risk with Predictive Analytics
    Assessing Prescription Opioid Risk with Predictive Analytics We highlight a new approach leveraging predictive analytics to identify high risk and rising risk opioid users for more effective ...

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    • Authors: Joseph Boschert, Andrew Gaffner, Barbara Collier
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; 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: Health Watch
    • Topics: Demography>Population data; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Health & Disability>Electronic medical record
  • Variation by Duration in Individual Health Medical Insurance Claims
    Variation by Duration in Individual Health Medical Insurance Claims A study of claims cost variation by policy duration fo rindividual medical insurance. The report presents results for single ...

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    • Authors: Leigh Wachenheim
    • Date: Oct 2006
    • Competency: Leadership>Professional network leverage; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • The Modeling Platform, April 2018, Issue 7
    The Modeling Platform, April 2018, Issue 7 April 2018 issue of The Modeling Platform by the Modeling Section. Practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities.

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency