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Actuarial Open Educational Resources
article advocates creation of open educational resources (OERs) that will benefit the actuarial profession ... retention of members. Specifically, we describe OER contributions made at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...- Authors: Edward Frees, Paul Herbert Johnson, Marjorie Rosenberg
- Date: Nov 2021
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Predictive Analytics; Predictive Analytics>Modeling techniques
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Regression and Times Series for Actuaries
January of 1983, the North American actuarial education societies (the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty ... would be part of their basic educational requirements. Since that announcement, a generation of actuaries ...- Authors: Edward Frees
- Date: Oct 2008
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Understanding Relationships Using Copulas
Copulas This paper introduces actuaries to the concept of 'copulas,' a tool for understanding ... literature on the statistical properties and applications of copulas. This paper explores some of these practical ...- Authors: Edward Frees, Emiliano Valdez
- Date: Jan 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Estimating Densities of Functions of Observations
Densities of Functions of Observations This paper introduces density estimation for functions of observations ... observations. The nonparametric density estimates are introduced and certain computational issues are discussed ...- Authors: Edward Frees
- Date: Jan 1993
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Semiparametric Estimation of Warranty Costs
Estimation of Warranty Costs In a product warranty, the renewal function is the expected number of failures ... estimate the renewal function, cross-sectional regression data is assumed to be available and the data is ...- Authors: Edward Frees
- Date: Jan 1992
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Research Studies Multiple Lives Dependency Risk In Annuities
Summary of the SOA's Annuity Valuation with Dependent Mortality research report which examines the standard ... standard industry practice of assuming independent lives for insurance products that cover multiple lives ...- Authors: Jacques F Carriere, Edward Frees
- Date: May 1995
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities
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Simulation Methodology For Actuaries
Meeting. This session discussion is about the use of simulation, or Monte Carlo, techniques to analyze ... considerations, and estimation of mortality and distribution of aggregate losses with the aid of a computer program ...- Authors: Edward Frees, Charles S Fuhrer, Farrokh Guiahi, Arnold Shapiro, Aaron Tenenbein
- Date: Oct 1986
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
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2003 SOA Pension Plan Turnover Study - Summary and Practical Guidance
intended to provide the pension actuary with guidance in interpreting and using the termination and retirement ... information in the 2003 SOA Pension Plan Termination and Retirement Study. The tables in the study were developed ...- Authors: Edward Frees
- Date: Jan 2003
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
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A Multilevel Analysis of Intercompany Claim Counts
Multilevel Analysis of Intercompany Claim Counts Automobile insurers classify the risks that they underwrite ... underwrite in order to subdivide the portfolio into classes of risks with similar profiles. While some ...- Authors: Edward Frees, Emiliano Valdez, Katrien Antonio
- Date: May 2008
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Examining Changes in Reserves Using Stochastic Interest Models
Stochastic Interest Models This paper focuses on the fact that life and annuity reserves that are determined ... determined from discounted case flows mask the dynamic nature of interest rates. To study this effect in ...- Authors: Edward Frees, Siu-Wai Lai
- Date: Jan 1995
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models