Description: Full version of Risk Management, September 2007, Issue No. 11.

Description: In the last research column, the Research Expanding Boundaries Pool (REX Pool) was discussed, and it was noted that it is now open for business. Since that time, applications from the first round of the pool have been reviewed. In total, the Research Executive Committee (REC) received 17 applications for funding, totaling over $900,000. After much deliberation, the REC allocated its 2012 REX Pool budget of $400,000 to seven diverse ideas that will become new SOA-sponsored (or cosponsored) research projects.

Description: Describes SOA sponsorship and how to access data from the Understanding America Survey.

Description: This paper describes the intent and selection process for papers to be presented at the annual ERM Symposium. From 2006 Enterprise risk Management Symposium, M-AS06-1.

Description: This abstract describes a report that studies the social media response to three extreme tornado outbreaks in the Midwest United States.

Description: Article from Risk Management Newsletter, November 2005, Issue 6 on the Risk Management Research Team's requests for proposals. The team’s mission is to develop and produce innovative research in risk management and to showcase actuaries as leading experts in this area. With this in mind, the team set to work this summer on developing and refining several research ideas.

Description: This article memorializes Hubert Mueller, a close friend and colleague of the Risk Management section.

Description: Recognizing an opportunity to help serve its members in this age of increased financial oversight, the Health Section of the Society of Actuaries commissioned a series of guides on the use of statistical techniques specifically geared for the work of health actuaries. The first guide in the series titled, 'Statistical Methods for Health Actuaries - IBNR Estimates: An Introduction,' is about the calculation of incurred but not reported [IBNR] health claims reserves. In particular, the guide focuses on the development of confidence intervals around IBNR estimates. This is an Excel workbook created to demonstrate the techniques discussed in the guide.

Description: Recognizing an opportunity to help serve its members in this age of increased financial oversight, the Health Section of the Society of Actuaries commissioned a series of guides on the use of statistical techniques specifically geared for the work of health actuaries. From Health Watch Newsletter, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: This article is a recap of the 2010 ERM symposium and the paper awards.