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  • Innovation in the Canadian Life Insurance Industry
    Innovation in the Canadian Life Insurance Industry Overview of evolving industry trends and examples of how life insurers in Canada are innovating. Innovation;Strategy;Underwriting;Product ...

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    • Authors: Melissa Carruthers
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Data warehousing; Technology & Applications>Social media; Health & Disability>Electronic medical record
  • Small Company, Big Data
    Small Company, Big Data Why small insurance companies should act now to enhance their reporting and analytical capabilities -How to start -Critical factors of success Informatics;Data mining=Big ...

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    • Authors: Ying Zhao, WIN GEORG
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; 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 work are described. By Bob Hirsch Data quality;Data warehousing;Informatics;Model ...
    • 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
  • Horses for Courses
    Horses for Courses Explores the open vs. closed systems debate with regards to actuarial modeling and exposes the over-simplification. Valuable for anyone who uses models. stochastic models; ...

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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
  • The Knowledge Discovery Process: Mining the Data Warehouse
    The Knowledge Discovery Process: Mining the Data Warehouse Panel discusses data mining as the analysis of large databases to identify possible relationships, trends, and other useful information.

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    • Authors: Michael F Davlin, J Murray, David Mariani, Herb Edelstein
    • Date: Oct 1997
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Data warehousing
  • Small Company, Big Data
    Small Company, Big Data Why small insurance companies should act now to enhance their reporting and analytical capabilities -How to start -Critical factors of success Data mining=Big data;Data ...

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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
  • Chairperson's Corner
    Chairperson's Corner Chairperson's Corner Professional network leverage;Influence;Innovative solutions 6442482378 4/1/2018 12:00:00 AM ...

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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
  • 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 become an essential tool for the modern worker, and each successive release has provided ...
    • 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
  • Insurers Grapple with Temporal Issues
    Insurers Grapple with Temporal Issues This article addresses the importance of having database software that properly handles changes concerning time = Temporal Issues. Analytics and informatics; ...

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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
  • Letter from the Editors
    Letter from the Editors Welcome fellow members of the Society of Actuaries Technology Section to the third 2016 edition of CompAct. We have fallen short on our goal to deliver four issues for ...
    • 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