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  • Chairperson's Corner
    Chairperson's Corner By David Hudak In his outgoing Chairperson’s Corner, David Hudak discusses the ... to read more details of the conference in Laurie’s recap article. We look forward to another great venue ...
    • Authors: David Hudak
    • Date: Oct 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships
  • E&R Sponsored Sessions at the SOA Life and Annuity Symposium
    E&R Sponsored Sessions at the SOA Life and Annuity Symposium By Brian Hartman and Tom Edwalds By Brian ... three sessions and a breakfast during the Life and Annuity Symposium, May 8–9 in Seattle, and will be co-sponsoring ...
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Social Security – What are the Facts?
    Social Security; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Table" --> by Jennifer Wagner Ms. Wagner is a senior actuarial ... a comparison of retirement saving systems in the U.S. and Australia, where she spent a semester abroad ...

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    • Authors: JENNIFER MARIA WAGNER
    • Date: Jan 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Public Policy; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Overview of the Master's Student Actuarial Research Course at UC, Santa Barbara
    Overview of the Master's Student Actuarial Research Course at UC, Santa Barbara By Ian Duncan Regression ... benefit from resulting research and access to UCSB’s 300+ actuarial majors and faculty. Employers are impressed ...
    • Authors: Ian Duncan
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships
  • 49th Actuarial Research Conference: University of California, Santa Barbara
    Feldman give a preview of what to expect at this year’s conference. Actuarial Research;Technical innovation;Actuarial ... (ARC) has not been held on the U.S. west coast for many years. This year’s venue is the beautiful campus ...
    • Authors: Ian G Duncan, Raya Feldman
    • Date: Apr 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • R Corner
    started R with, you can get this into a dataframe, let's call it "MyData," by using this command: MyData <- ... "c:\\R\\Rcorner\\test.csv", row.names=FALSE) Now let's discuss how to use the RODBC package to get database ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • Society of Actuaries Research
    research staff in key practice areas. Through the SOA’s access to industry data sets, and working with strategic ... releases internally generated research on U.S. Healthcare, U.S. Retirement and Canadian Retirement to members ...
    • Authors: Melissa Carruthers
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
  • The R Corner
    theory;Predictive modeling; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Table" --> The R Corner By Steve Craighead This month ... month the R corner will be looking at Vincent Goulet's actuar R package. Vincent is a professor at Laval University ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • University Programs for Academic/Practitioner Collaboration—Part One
    global professional services company. Towers Watson’s involvement with the Goldenson Center is reflected ... charge to the Goldenson Center I believe Towers Watson’s active support of the Goldenson Center is one of the ...
    • Authors: Ian G Duncan, Jeyaraj Vadiveloo
    • Date: Apr 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships
  • Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility
    “offset” variable that represented the original model’s risk score prediction. In a standard linear regression ... The specific error metrics are presented in the table below: Model Description Error Metric on Next Year ...
    • Authors: Sheamus Parkes, Brad Armstrong
    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; 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: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Predictive Analytics