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  • EXPOSED! Variable Annuity Stochastic Requirements
    EXPOSED! Variable Annuity Stochastic Requirements discussion of the ongoing developments in reserving and risk-based capital RBC requirements for variable annuities including stochastic scenario ...

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    • Authors: James W Lamson
    • Date: May 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Public Policy
  • PBA Reserves and Capital Modeling Efficiency: Representative Scenarios and Predictive Modeling
    PBA Reserves and Capital Modeling Efficiency: Representative Scenarios and Predictive Modeling Technical paper on how to efficiently perform scenario testing for principle-based approaches.

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Jun 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • Comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin
    Comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin Eric Friedman’s comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin Asset allocation;Discount rates= ...

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    • Authors: Eric S Friedman
    • Date: Jun 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Why You Needed To Have Power Pivot Yesterday
    Why You Needed To Have Power Pivot Yesterday This is the first article in a series relating to Microsoft’s Power BI suite of programs. By Tim Heng Monte Carlo simulation;modeling efficiency; ...
    • Authors: Tim Heng
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: CompAct
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
  • Concomitant Information in a Bivariate Model of Claim Frequencies and Severities
    Concomitant Information in a Bivariate Model of Claim Frequencies and Severities Develops a statistical procedure to fit bivariate distributions of claims in presence of covariates, which allows ...

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    • Authors: Jacques F Carriere, Gabriel Escarela
    • Date: Aug 2005
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Arithmetic vs. Geometric Mean Returns
    Arithmetic vs. Geometric Mean Returns Discussion of the appropriate use of geometric versus arithmetic average returns to use in a stochastic interest rate generator to be equivalent to a ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Doll
    • Date: Apr 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing
    More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing Monte Carlo simulation;Mortality ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Robbins
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Modeling Variable Annuity Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits
    Modeling Variable Annuity Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits Discussion of the biases understatement of risk/reserves that arise when aggregating cells in modeling Variable Annuity Minimum ...

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    • Authors: Donald A Skokan
    • Date: Sep 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
  • In The Footprints Of George King And Spurgeon
    In The Footprints Of George King And Spurgeon A review of 'Life Contingencies' by Alistair Neill, to be used as a textbook for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries examinations.

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    • Authors: William H Wetterstrand
    • Date: May 1979
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Pension Forecasts, Part 2: The Model Has No Clothes
    Pension Forecasts, Part 2: The Model Has No Clothes Part 2 of an article which presents simplified problem and and presented alternate models. Answers are presented in this article. The ...

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    • Authors: Lawrence N Bader
    • Date: Jun 2001
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods