Description: This article introduces IT DevOps to actuaries and how it is applicable to them to improve their modeling efforts and make them more efficient.

Description: Python has become the fastest-growing major programming language in the world. It has surged in popularity over the last decade, following the development of its industry-leading capabilities in data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and it is now one of the most globally popular and widely used languages. In this article, I discuss some of the reasons for its popularity and explain why many actuaries and insurers have started using Python.

Description: In this article, I will outline the key tools that are found in a digital marketer’s toolbox, briefly explain the broader digital marketing ecosystem, and outline how digital marketers leverage these tools to attract and engage customers within this ecosystem. The goal of this article is to help actuaries in all areas gain a basic level of familiarity of the world of digital marketing, so they can apply this knowledge to product design, systems design, and business valuation.

Description: This article discusses the considerations and process of selecting actuarial software.

Description: A disscussion of actuar R, an R package for actuarial science, and its facilities in the fields of loss distribution modeling, risk theory and credibility theory.

Description: In early 2015, the Actuary of the Future section conducted a survey aiming to determine which computer programs actuaries use, and how that usage of these programs differs among disciplines. This article examines the results of this study.

Description: In this article the author introduces a new column, Cool Tech, which will provide information each quarter about open-source software and projects from the web.

Description: Feature article that introduces readers to the R computer language.