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  • Letter from the Editors
    from the Editors Welcome fellow members of the Society of Actuaries Technology Section to the third ... third 2016 edition of CompAct. We have fallen short on our goal to deliver four issues for 2016. By Mark Africa ...
    • Authors: Mark D Africa, Paul Ramirez
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Drivers for the digitalization of insurance
    Drivers for the digitalization of insurance There are many factors driving digitalization but a reliable ... reliable and meaningful data architecture is the basic prerequisite to a successful digitalization strategy ...

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    • Authors: Hartmut Schroth
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Simplifying the Data Management Burden
    Simplifying the Data Management Burden Some ideas for taking the data management activities out of actuarial ... for their organization and less time performing the analytics tasks that they were originally hired to ...
    • Authors: Bob Hirsch
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Book Review—The Analysis of Insurance Earnings: An Enterprise Approach by John McGarry and Kevin Pledge
    Book Review—The Analysis of Insurance Earnings: An Enterprise Approach by John McGarry and Kevin Pledge ... about granularity. The authors envision a data warehouse with information at the policy level or lower ...

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    • Authors: Carol A Marler
    • Date: Jan 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Q&A with Rob Collie: Is Microsoft Excel the Next Great Business Intelligence Tool?
    Q&A with Rob Collie: Is Microsoft Excel the Next Great Business Intelligence Tool? Microsoft Excel has ... has become an essential tool for the modern worker, and each successive release has provided more efficient ...
    • Authors: Robert C. Collie
    • Date: Apr 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • The Winchester House
    The Winchester House This article contrasts the madness of the building of the Winchester House, a large ...

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    • Authors: Carl Desrochers, Kevin Pledge
    • Date: Apr 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Small Company, Big Data
    Big Data Why small insurance companies should act now to enhance their reporting and analytical capabilities ... capabilities -How to start -Critical factors of success Data mining=Big data;Data warehousing 6442482385 ...

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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
  • Horses for Courses
    Horses for Courses ... Explores the open vs. closed systems debate with regards to actuarial modeling and exposes the over-simplification ...

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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
  • Insurers Grapple with Temporal Issues
    Insurers Grapple with Temporal Issues This article addresses the importance of having database ... with Temporal Issues This article addresses the importance of having database software that properly handles ...

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    • Authors: Kevin Pledge, Fred Gehm
    • Date: Jul 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Chairperson's Corner
    W elcome to the April issue of CompAct! I am grateful and honored to serve as chair of the Technology ... Section for the current cycle. I would like to briefly review section recognition, the vision and mission ...

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    • Authors: Mark Africa
    • Date: Apr 2018
    • Competency: Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing; Technology & Applications>Software