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  • Letter from the Editor
    Letter from the Editor Introduction to this edition of CompAct with highlights of the content of each contributed ... fellow members of the Society of Actuaries Technology Section to the second 2016 edition of CompAct. My ...
    • Authors: Mark Africa, Paul Ramirez
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: 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: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Analytics and the Analytical Iinsurer
    Analytics and the Analytical Iinsurer Read an explanation of why insurance companies need to apply analytics ... analytics throughout the business to improve performance and reduce risk. Insurance relies on the ability to predict ...
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: General Insurance (Property & Casualty)>Claims - General Insurance; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Building Actuarial Cost Models From Health Care Claims Data
    across the country generates billions of claim records annually. Claim records originate as a form of invoice ... Providers submit the claims to the liable payer (typically a health plan, government agency or the patient) ...

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    • Authors: William Bednar
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence
  • Horses for Courses
    Horses for Courses ... Explores the open vs. closed systems debate with regards to actuarial modeling and exposes the over-simplification ...

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    • Authors: Van Beach
    • Date: Oct 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Change management; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Dynamic simulation models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Velocity of Diversification
    Velocity of Diversification This article delves into a new line of statistical thinking of the author ... may be useful for product development actuaries. The key concept is how product design can produce products ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Robbins
    • Date: Jun 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Small Talk, March 2017, Issue 47
    Small Talk, March 2017, Issue 47 Read the March 2017 issue of Small Talk published by Smaller Insurance ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; 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: Small Talk
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Assessing Prescription Opioid Risk with Predictive Analytics
    Barbara Collier and Joseph Boschert According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) ... more than 115 people die each day in the United States as a result of opioid over- dose and that prescription ...

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    • Authors: Joseph Boschert, Andrew Gaffner, Barbara Collier
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; 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: Health Watch
    • Topics: Demography>Population data; Experience Studies & Data; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Health & Disability>Electronic medical record
  • Small Talk, September 2017, Issue 48
    Small Talk, September 2017, Issue 48 Read the Sept. 2017 issue of Small Talk published by Smaller Insurance ...

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    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; 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: Small Talk
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Appendix B: How to Build a Model
    This actually is a copy of an appendix of a research paper sponsored by the SOA Committee on Finance ... Finance Research. You can read the entire research paper: “Lapse Modeling for the Post-Level Period—a Practical ...

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    • Authors: Dihui Lai, Scott Rushing, Minyu Cao, Timothy Rozar, Qichun Xu
    • Date: Jul 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • A NEAT Approach to Neural Network Structure
    A NEAT Approach to Neural Network Structure This article ... discussed the NEAT family of neural network algorithms. NEAT automatically determines the number of hidden ...

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    • Authors: Jeff T Heaton
    • Date: Dec 2013
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Predictive Analytics and Futurism Newsletter
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science