Description: This paper addresses some pervasive problems in using secondary data in actuarial research. An approach to solving these problems is based on information theory. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: Recent research from Financial Finesse introduces a viable way to forecast the potential return on investment (ROI) of workplace financial wellness programs.

Description: In this paper, the coefficients of the minimum-Rz moving-weighted-average formulas are derived using matrix algebra and the method of Lagrange multipliers. Reviewer's note: This mathematics can be useful in the graduation process of mortality and morbidity table construction

Description: This paper surveys the actuarial techniques connected with salary scale mathematics for the valuation of defined benefit pension plans. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: The session offers high-level initial steps to get started using R, as well as a list of helpful resources for both general data science and actuarial science with R. Attendees will learn about popular R packages to perform practical tasks such as importing, transforming and visualizing data, as well as packages commonly used by actuaries. You will also be introduced to the markdown package for creating reproducible and reusable analyses and workflows. By the end of the session, you will be familiar enough with using R and RStudio to begin incorporating these tools in your day-to-day work as an actuary

Description: Chapter 1 presents the background to the current study, followed by the methodology used, and a summary of the findings of the study. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: A data format for mortality tables along with applications.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session focused on three projects funded by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund: risk models, operations research applications for actuaries and probability modeling of losses.

Description: Life insurance industry use experience studies to manage and monitor their blocks of business. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the data cleansing and validation role specific to the life insurance experience study process.

Description: Article from The Actuary, September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8 describing the impact of the Cowell/Hoskins report and the subsequent Report of the Society of Actuaries Task Force on AIDS.