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  • Centralizing model development: is it worth it?
    decentralized model development are outlined in Table 1. Pricing In-force management Financial reporting ... development framework can be deduced by inverting Table 1. However, a deeper dive illustrates the tangi- ...

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    • Authors: Joshua Chee, Dean Kerr
    • Date: Apr 2019
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Enterprise Risk Management
  • GAAP Long-Duration Targeted Improvements: Whether Largely a Compliance or Modernization Exercise, the Considerations for the Modeling Actuary are Numerous
    principles (GAAP) for long-duration contracts. For U.S. reporting companies, LDTI is one of the most significant ... actuarial software providers. Further, a company’s particular set of circumstances, such as being a public ...

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    • Authors: Ryan Laine, Dave Czernicki, Jean-Philippe Larochelle
    • Date: Apr 2021
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • Economic Scenario Generators, Part I: Motivation for Stochastic Modeling
    Generator (AIRG), the most commonly used ESG by U.S.-based actuaries. See Figure 1 for an overview of ... assigning a market-consistent value to a variable annuity (VA) product with a guaranteed minimum accumulation ...

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    • Authors: Dean Kerr, Matthew Zhang, Rahat Jain
    • Date: Nov 2019
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Reflections on an Epidemic
    had to wait in line for quite some time for a table for seven, but I didn’t even mind—I was so grateful ... don’t know about you, but I remember New Year’s 2000 almost like it was yesterday. And now we were heading ...

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    • Authors: Paul Conlin
    • Date: Aug 2020
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • The Importance of Centralization of Actuarial Modeling Functions, Part 4 - DevOps and Automated Model Governance
    The Importance of Centralization of Actuarial Modeling Functions, Part 4 - DevOps and ... article describes how to externalize code of Moody's Axis platform to Visual Studio, so that all the actuarial ...

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    • Authors: Bryon Robidoux
    • Date: Nov 2020
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Insights Into Life Principle-Based Reserves Implementation and Modeling Practices
    improvements for long-duration contracts, variable annuity reform, International Financial Reporting Standards ... riders from modeled reserves,1 as shown in Table 1. Table 1 Treatment of Riders in Modeled Reserves ...

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    • Authors: Simon Gervais , Kevin Carr, Haley Christine Jeorgesen , Dylan Strother, Chris Whitney
    • Date: Nov 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life; Life Insurance>Whole life
  • Model Governance: Controls and Culture
    model is fit for the purpose of its given application(s). 4. Providing an audit trail. No matter how thorough ... risks. An example scoring rubric is provided in Table 1. Discussing the operational risk ratings in a ...

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    • Authors: Uri Sobel, Ryan Krisac, Zohair Motiwalla
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: Relationship Management; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency