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  • Improvement of Core Financial Processes with Data Science
    Improvement of Core Financial Processes with Data Science Interesting ways for financial ... range of analytics. Consider these entries: A very direct translation of the bag-of-words model to accounts ...
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Small Company, Big Data
    change as well. The mom-and-pop approach to customer care will also slowly lose its appeal as the new generation ... processes. Actuaries, especially those who are the primary producer of the business intelligence in the small ...

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    • Authors: Ying Zhao
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • The Who of Data Visualization
    The Who of Data Visualization A look at leaders in the field of data visualization and links ... through. The first Tufte book I bought is the primary one I recommend for actuaries: The Visual Display ...
    • Authors: Mary Campbell
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Horses for Courses
    value crediting, dividend payments, or mode of care benefit maximums); • Guarantees such as minimum ... granularity and detail of calculations also has a direct relationship with the time required to complete ...

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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
  • CompAct - April 2017 Issue 55
    the data you need. Secondly, by establishing a direct connection that can be scheduled to refresh, ... unlist((strsplit(line, “,”))) # Extract the columns we care about product <- line[2] premium <- as.numeric(line[3]) ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • The Where of Data Visualization
    The Where of Data Visualization This article concentrates on websites that can help you improve ... July compared to the average. I don’t particularly care which years provided the minimum or maximum number ...
    • Authors: Mary Campbell
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • Effective Communication of Stochastic Model Results
    value crediting, dividend payments, or mode of care benefit maximums); • Guarantees such as minimum ... granularity and detail of calculations also has a direct relationship with the time required to complete ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Oct 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Parallel cloud computing
    Parallel cloud computing This article shares our experience of using the cloud to do large-scale ... (PaaS). In this method, the cloud provider takes care of storage and computation and provides a plat- ...

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    • Authors: Joseph Long, Dan McCurley
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Software
  • October 2015 CompAct
    October 2015 CompAct October 2015 issue of CompAct, the technology section&#39;s member ... column. It works. The steps below detail these primary tasks: (1) create and name a two-dimensional range; ...

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    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software