Description: This document presents the detailed results of a literature search performed during December 2009 - February 2010 to find resources for the report Complexity Science – An Introduction and Invitation for Actuaries.

Description: An introduction to the field of Complexity Science. The report includes an overview of the field’s key results, detailed instructions for building Complexity Science models, examples of working models, review of practical models applicable to the work of actuaries, a literature review, and a discussion on how actuaries can apply Complexity Science in their work.

Description: This study used commercial data held by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) and Medicare fee-for-service data to analyze health care cost differences by age and their contribution to overall health care cost change. The commercial data includes claims from 2002 through 2010 and the Medicare data includes claims from 2006 through 2010.

Description: This predictive modeling for life insurers paper, “Predictive Model Learning of Stochastic Simulations” by John Hegstrom is one of a collection of essays that examine how existing or new methods or models can be applied to the life insurance industry.

Description: This report provides key findings from the 2005 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey related to Americans' awareness of retirement risk, how their awareness has changed since the previous study performed in 2003, and how it affects the management of their finances.

Description: Appendix 3 titled RESULTS OF MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION FOR CATEGORICAL OUTCOMES in SET#2, from the research report entitled 'Exploration of Reputational Risk from the Perspective of a Variety of Stakeholders.'

Description: This report is sponsored by the Society of Actuaries in collaboration with Ernst & Young. It examines the application of stochastic modeling techniques to non-market risks facing the life insurance industry.

Description: Attempts to Quantify Potential Impact of Pandemic Influenza on the U.S. Life Insurance Industry

Description: This report presents results for industry long-term care insurance persistency.

Description: This report provides key findings from the 2003 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey related to Americans' awareness of retirement risk, how their awareness has changed since the previous study performed in 2001, and how it affects the management of their finances.