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Mobile Technology for the Life Insurance Producer: Is It a Fad or the Future? Carrier-produced apps are becoming the industry standard
Mobile Technology for the Life Insurance Producer: Is It a Fad or the Future? Carrier-produced apps are becoming the industry standard Ignoring the mobile technology revolution may place ...- Authors: Karen Monks
- Date: Sep 2012
- Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: News Direct
- Topics: Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance; Technology & Applications>Software
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Excel as an IT System
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 ...
- Authors: Tim Heng
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter From The Editors
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 ...
- Authors: Andrew Chan, Richard Junker
- Date: Oct 2012
- 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>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter from the Editor
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 ...
- Authors: Mark Africa, Paul Ramirez
- Date: May 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>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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The (absolutely) Best App of all time
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.
- Authors: David Kester
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Technology & Applications>Software
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Beyond Excel - SharePoint
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 ...
- Authors: Andrew Chan
- Date: Apr 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter From The Chair
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.
- Authors: John Smith
- Date: Oct 2012
- 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>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Analytics You Should Know but Don’t
Analytics You Should Know but Don’t Overview of the session “Analytics You Should Know, but Don’t” which took place at the 2007 SOA Annual Meeting in which R, an open source language for ...
- Authors: Steven Craighead
- Date: Feb 2008
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
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The Technical Corner
The Technical Corner This article looks at an extensive integrated collection of financial mathematical modeling packages available in R, a language and environment for statistical computing.
- Authors: Steven Craighead
- Date: Sep 2007
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
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Tables Database goes XtbML part 2
Tables Database goes XtbML part 2 In Part 1 of this article, we reviewed the history that led to the large database of actuarial tables in electronic form. This database is now being actively ...
- Authors: Stephen Strommen
- Date: Jul 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software