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  • Mean Reversion and Chronic Low Interest Rates
    Mean Reversion and Chronic Low Interest Rates Chronically low interest ... rates are a reflection of macroeconomic trends. Care must be exercised in making assumptions regarding ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Economics>Macroeconomics
  • Mean Reversion and Chronic Low Interest Rates
    Mean Reversion and Chronic Low Interest Rates Chronically low interest ... rates are a reflection of macroeconomic trends. Care must be exercised in making assumptions regarding ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Feb 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: Economics>Macroeconomics
  • Model Governance Versus Normalized Policy Deviance
    and history of policy deviations should be a primary red flag. A single deviation from model policy ... from isolated behavior, organizations must take care that punitive actions are proportional to culpability ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Ethical standards
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Negative GAAP Term Insurance Reserves – to Floor or Not to Floor?
    Negative GAAP Term Insurance Reserves – to Floor or Not to Floor? There is surprisingly little ... products. Although none of these changes has any direct effect on considerations for flooring negative ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • The Actuarial Paradigm
    The Actuarial Paradigm Our paradigm constrains our view of the world, but also provides guidance ... lost, and the earth, and no man’s wit can well direct him where to look for it.” —John Donne We live ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Nov 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies
  • Roll Your Own Cluster Model
    Roll Your Own Cluster Model This article walks through the process of building a cluster model ... What is the optimal number of clusters? If we don’t care much about model fit, and are mainly concerned ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • Spreadsheets – Yay or Nay?
    Spreadsheets – Yay or Nay? A discussion of the limitations of the use of spreadsheets versus formal ... programmer and the actuary have to exercise due care in making sure that all of the individual pieces ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Jun 2006
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency