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Modeling Tail Behavior with Extreme Value Theory
Modeling Tail Behavior with Extreme Value Theory This article talks about the role that models played in the subprime meltdown and the subsequent crisis in the financial markets in general. The ...- Authors: Damon D Levine
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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The Financial Modelers’ Manifesto
The Financial Modelers’ Manifesto This article describes the financial modelers’ manifesto. Focus is on how difficult it is to model financial instruments when there is a human element involved.- Authors: Emanuel Derman, Paul Wilmott
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Risk Evaluation: What do you CARE?
Risk Evaluation: What do you CARE? This article discusses the reliance the banking industry placed on sophisticated mathematical models. International Actuarial Association=IAA;Risk ...- Authors: Jeremy Waite, Andy White
- Date: Jun 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Should Actuaries Get Another Job? Nassim Taleb’s work and it’s significance for actuaries
Should Actuaries Get Another Job? Nassim Taleb’s work and it’s significance for actuaries In this article, the author examines Nassim Taleb’s work and writings and discusses its relevance to the ...- Authors: Alan Mills
- Date: Mar 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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The New U.S. Earthquake Models: A Wake-up Call to Actuaries?
The New U.S. Earthquake Models: A Wake-up Call to Actuaries? In this article, the author discusses earthquake modeling. Catastrophic risk;Property and Casualty Insurance; 10863 3/1/2010 12:00:00 ...- Authors: Karen Clark
- Date: Mar 2010
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting
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Book Review: Extreme Risk Management: Revolutionary Approaches to Evaluating and Measuring Risk by Christina Ray
Book Review: Extreme Risk Management: Revolutionary Approaches to Evaluating and Measuring Risk by Christina Ray Book review of Extreme Risk Management: Revolutionary Approaches to Evaluating and ...- Authors: Pierre Tournier
- Date: Aug 2011
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Why the Current Practice of Operational Risk Management in Insurance is Fundamentally Flawed: Evidence From the Field
Why the Current Practice of Operational Risk Management in Insurance is Fundamentally Flawed: Evidence From the Field This paper evaluates the current practice of operational risk management in ...- Authors: Madhu Acharyya
- Date: Apr 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Credit Crisis Lessons for Modelers
Credit Crisis Lessons for Modelers This article discusses how complex models can provide a false sense of security, hiding the evidence that the entire range of indications may hinge on one or ...- Authors: Parr T Schoolman
- Date: Mar 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Credit Crisis Lessons for Modelers
Credit Crisis Lessons for Modelers Complex models can provide a false sense of security, hiding the evidence that the entire range of indications may hinge on one or two key assumptions. Use ...- Authors: Parr T Schoolman
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Preparing for a New View of U.S. Earthquake Risk
Preparing for a New View of U.S. Earthquake Risk The United States Geological Surv ey USGS released the latest version of its National Seismic Hazard Maps NSHM in April 2008. The maps, which ...- Authors: Prasad Gunturi, Kyle Beatty
- Date: Mar 2009
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Modeling & Statistical Methods