Description: The session is about maximizing cost efficiency of mainframe computers used at life insurance companies. From the 1976 Record, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: This address at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting presents an overview of artificial intelligence and expert systems. An explanation of AI and how it can help an insurance company are discussed.

Description: This session discussion is about medical technology: trends and proliferation of medical technology, its impact, future, employer strategies to limit exposure, considerations of containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This is a letter from the editor. This issue completes his first year as editor.

Description: This article is about the critical role of actuaries in IT projects.

Description: The second of three articles exploring the new technology offered by Santa Fe, New Mexico-based Assuratech, Inc. Describes the development of the applied complex adaptive systems technology behind Assuratech’s highly sophisticated program that uses simulation and data mining techniques for accurate, reliable versatile risk modeling.

Description: Author conducts her own informal survey to see how quickly the services could deliver rate quotes and how much the quoted rates would vary.

Description: This article celebrates the tremendous progress that has been made in automating reinsurance data. It also looks at remaining issues, such as a lack of standardization, and challenges presented for the future.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting cover the history, current status and future of Internet security. Topics discussed include firewalls, encryption software and how Internet networks are constructed.

Description: This article discusses how consultants can improve the chances of having their web sites placed highly in the results of an Internet search.