Description: Mairi Mallon talks about social media and reinsurance

Description: This paper reviews the applications of operations research methods in the insurance industry. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: How including the intent and rationale of the tax law in system specifications can lead to better software system designs.

Description: This article provides responses to a March 1981 query in The Actuary about the use of home computers.

Description: This paper is from Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. The author notes that recent advances in calculating equipment make possible producing graduations much more elaborate than any done previously. The paper confines itself to the problem of graduating a single column of rates, such as an ultimate column, using a Whittaker-Henderson B graduation of the fourth order. The author provides a detailed description of the process with significant mathematical theory.

Description: The Forum on Electronic Machines was conducted by the members of the Committee on New Recording Means and Computing Devices. It consisted of summary presentations of selected portions of the Committee's Report entitled Current Status of Magnetic Tape as a Recording and Data Processing Medium, which is to be published by the Society. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 18.

Description: This discussion looks at the types of electronic data processing equipment used, developments in simplifying accounting and statistical procedures in policy use, and the factors which determine the rental or purchase of electronic equipment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: Despite the advent of COVID-19, autonomous vehicle (AV) market leaders continued to invest in technology and to establish partnerships with vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)

Description: This note presents a review of calculator financial functions for the Texas Instruments BA II PLUS calculator. This note, including a number of the examples used as illustrations, is reprinted with permission from the 3rd edition of the book Mathematics of Investment and Credit, by S. Broverman. Also, several examples from SOA/CAS math of finance exams old Course 2 will be presented illustrating the use of the calculator.

Description: Actuarial Process Optimization (APO) is a technology-focused methodology for bringing together actuarial and technology teams to critically examine and optimize actuarial processes, specifically targeting processes that are most time consuming and have the highest risk of failure. From claims analytics to valuation and experience analysis, modern technology can help actuaries optimize their time and focus their attention on higher value tasks. In this session, we will explore opportunities for APO in the Health insurance industry and demonstrate how technology can be used to improve the actuarial process using an agile and targeted approach.