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 ...

Notes from the Chair It should come as no surprise to actuaries that the Society of Actuaries (SOA) has become much more of an international entity over the last several years. The impacts and ...

Excel as an IT System I was planning on writing this article about six months ago, and never got around to it. Then, I read an article recently published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct ...

Letter From The Editors Actuaries are caught in a perfect storm. Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, actuaries have had to deliver more information to senior management and at the ...

Letter from the Editor Introduction to this edition of CompAct with highlights of the content of each contributed article. By Mark Africa and Paul Ramirez  Data quality;Predictive ...

Cloud Computing For Actuaries - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS—What Do These Mean And Why Do I Care? This article defines cloud computing and informs actuaries how to get the most out of it.By Van Beach ...

The (absolutely) Best App of all time <p>Let’s see if we not only can find a good app, not even just a great app—how about finding the best app of all time? That’s the goal of this article.

Mental Math In this excerpt from Mental Math, the authors describe a method to check that a list of numbers is summed correctly.By Paul Ramirez Analytics and informatics;Estimation Methods By ...

Beyond Excel - SharePoint Actuaries have been using spreadsheets for a long time; spreadsheets are getting more powerful with every upgrade, but our demand is even higher. ...By Andrew Chan ...

Letter From The Chair It’s been an active year for the Technology Section. We sponsored a variety of sessions at actuarial meetings throughout the year and also offered several webcasts. ; By J.