Description: This article is about errors that occur in spreadsheets.

Description: Information technology may change the very concept on which the actuarial profession is based. The result could be the reduction of all risk categories to a category of one.” John Diebold, chairman of the Diebold Group of management consultants, told a luncheon audience at the Centennial Celebration.

Description: This article gives specific instructions on setting up an account on LinkedIn.

Description: On July 17, FASB announced a deferral of the compliance deadline for the new Long Duration Targeted Improvements (LDTI) guidance: “a one year deferral for larger SEC filers and a two or three year deferral for all other entities.” This article highlights the opportunity for companies striving to comply to modernize in light of this deferral, and it provides a few specific suggestions to companies who pursue this path.

Description: Feature article that supports the statement that actuaries who are competent coders will differentiate both themselves and the companies they work for. Coding ability will be useful no matter what tools are utilized every day and all of those tools and communities contribute to moving actuarial processes out of the “Spreadsheet Age.”

Description: This article stresses the importance of treating your IT network infrastructure as an indispensable utility as is required to run your email, Internet access, printing needs and a host of other mission-critical applications that you cannot function properly without.

Description: A discussion on how technology can modernize loss reserving approaches.

Description: Cloud computing is a major disruptor to nearly all software products, and actuarial software is no different. Insurers need to start thinking about how they are going to work with their venders to move to the next level of actuarial infrastructure.

Description: A story of one actuary's experience using technology over the past 25 years.