Description: Second article in a series on how to use predictive analytics to improve the development of long-term care projection assumptions.

Description: This article discussed the NEAT family of neural network algorithms. NEAT automatically determines the number of hidden neurons, as well as their structure. Additionally HyperNEAT can scale to very large problem domains.

Description: This article delves into a new line of statistical thinking of the author, that may be useful for product development actuaries. The key concept is how product design can produce products that diversify quickly, meaning that the company can be confident of a profitable product line, based on fewer sales than might be true for other designs.

Description: European insurance regulation pretends to capture and rely on the 1-year 1-in-200 VaR. But there cannot exist any scientific calibration of such measure. Why?

Description: This article holistically places ratemaking into its proper risk context and connects the diverse operations that have impact on ratemaking as well.

Description: After a summary of FASB decisions in their GAAP Targeted Improvements project, this article describes several issues that will need to be resolved either by the board or in actuarial practice and argues for seeking solutions that provide meaningful results without overly complicating valuation processes.

Description: Business intelligence;

Description: This article explores the unique economic and behavioral considerations and challenges in reaching the millennial generation to help them address their life insurance protection needs.

Description: Charles Cadman and his team may be new to Kaggle’s data science challenges, but that didn’t stop them from achieving a top-ten finish.

Description: Read the Sept. 2017 issue of Small Talk published by Smaller Insurance Company Section. Practical information on trends that impact sections and activities.