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Mitigating Volatility of Retiree Health Valuation Results
Mitigating Volatility of Retiree Health Valuation Results Exploration of sources of volatility in retiree health valuations, noting how volatility arises and might be mitigated, with discussion ...- Authors: Jeffrey Petertil, Justin Petertil
- Date: Sep 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Economics>Financial economics; Finance & Investments>Economic value; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Retiree medical
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A Ballistic Approach to Actuarial Problems
A Ballistic Approach to Actuarial Problems This paper shows how actuarial pricing based on the mathematical concept of present value can be formulated and solved using Markov chains and an ...- Authors: J. C. Smith, Michael Stramaglia
- Date: Oct 1984
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Markov Chain
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Recursive Formulas for Compound Difference Distributions
Recursive Formulas for Compound Difference Distributions This paper reviews recursive formulas for aggregate claim distributions. Followed by a submitted discussion paper Risk measurement; ...- Authors: Beda Chan, Elias Shiu
- Date: Oct 1984
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Life Insurance>Claims - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Implementation of Arbitrage-free Discretization of Interest Rate Dynamics and Calibration via Swaptions and Caps in Excel VBA
Implementation of Arbitrage-free Discretization of Interest Rate Dynamics and Calibration via Swaptions and Caps in Excel VBA We consider Libor market model and calibration process. We estimate ...- Authors: Ohoe Kim, Swathi D Gaddam
- Date: Jan 2007
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Economics>Financial economics; Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
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Drawing Appropriate Statistical Inferences
Drawing Appropriate Statistical Inferences Presenter, an actuary with an advanced degree in statistics, provides some simple tools and guidelines – without complex formulas – about the ...- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Jan 2005
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Capital Market Assumptions —A 2000 Update
Capital Market Assumptions —A 2000 Update An update on the Capital Market Assumptions used for asset allocation maybe useful to actuaries given the parallels with the assumptions an actuary uses ...- Authors: Timothy C Burns
- Date: Sep 2001
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Pension Section News
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
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Updating the Accounts: Global Mortality of the 1918–1920 Spanish Influenza Pandemic.
Updating the Accounts: Global Mortality of the 1918–1920 Spanish Influenza Pandemic. The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 is recognized as having generally taken place in three waves, starting in ...- Authors: Niall P.A.S. Johnson, Juergen Mueller
- Date: Apr 2002
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Demography; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility
Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility by Shea Parkes and Brad Armstrong Learn how to use concepts like ridge regression to train a model with partial credibility. Predictive ...- Authors: Sheamus Parkes, Brad Armstrong
- Date: Oct 2015
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; 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: Expanding Horizons
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Predictive Analytics
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A framework for ESG validation
A framework for ESG validation This article describes the key elements of a review of an economic scenario generator (ESG), including scoping, parameters, models, and model efficiency. Stochastic ...- Authors: Bruce Rosner
- Date: Apr 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
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A Tale of Two Density Functions
A Tale of Two Density Functions Gives examples of the difference between actual data distribution of investment returns compared with lognormal assumptions. Return on investment; 7370 1/1/2011 12 ...- Authors: Richard Joss
- Date: Jan 2011
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting