Description: Forecasting & Futurism

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

Description: Full issue of Predicative Analytics and Futurism Section, Issue 17, April 2018

Description: The article gives a brief history of the development of the Delphi method, and describes the use of the Delphi method in studies by the Society of Actuaries over the past 25 years.

Description: December 2013 issue of Forecasting & Futurism newsletter

Description: The Possible Role of Convolutional Neural Networks in Mortality Risk Protection

Description: July 2010 issue of the Forecasting & Futurism Section newsletter, Forecasting & Futurism Newsletter.

Description: This article discusses techniques used to create risk scores to help determine appropriate primary care panel sizes for a provider organization.

Description: Read the April 2019 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism published by the Predictive Analytics & Futurism Section of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: There is a growing amount of “off-balance sheet” talent in the US and Global workforce. This spans from consultants and contractors, to gig workers and the crowd (both curated crowd and open crowd). One such example is Uber and Lyft workers. Insurance companies and the Actuarial profession have started to experiment with platforms such as Kaggle and this will continue to grow and evolve. This article explores these new sources of talent for companies, the implications to the actuarial function, benefits and challenges of the evolving workforce.