Description: In order to better develop skill in predictive analytics, the author suggests looking to professionals who design innovative predictive models and, more importantly, find effective ways to communicate their findings to a large audience.

Description: The author recounts his experience as a keynote speaker at the Actuarial Research Conference and provides advice to young actuaries to present complex subjects in an understandable manner.

Description: This article continues the Passing the Torch Interview Series. Linda Liu and Amanda Jacques invite Simon Curtis, currently president of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and recently joined Deloitte as a partner in their Toronto office after a long career at Manulife. Simon shares with us his career experience and talks about the changes and challenges facing the actuarial profession.

Description: The author points out ways to to identify potential weaknesses in an actuarial process and provides ideas to improve the process.

Description: A followup on predictions about the future of enterprise risk management from 2003.

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.