Description: There are many factors driving digitalization but a reliable and meaningful data architecture is the basic prerequisite to a successful digitalization strategy.

Description: Life Insurers have fallen behind the customer service curve and service expectations of younger customers. This article suggests changes for correcting this.

Description: This article is about the emergence of the financial modeling process in the actuarial tool kit.

Description: Feature article discussing how actuaries are affected by the need for maintaining controls and the use of IT resources for meeting these needs.

Description: Using the copula package in the R computing language for ERM modeling.

Description: Discusses the benefits of using the Web-based version of the newsletter instead of the paper version.

Description: Discusses useful resources for actuaries available on the Web.

Description: Discusses how to use the Dependent Multivariate Fractional Brownian Motion, or DMFBM, function in the computer language R. The function can be used for, among other things, calculating quantities such as reserve requirements for a block of variable annuities with living benefit riders.

Description: Opinion piece about when, how, and why actuaries need approximations.

Description: This article covers many activites of the Technology Section and personnel changes in that section. The explosion of 'Apps' for various techno-toys is mentioned. Also the Competency Framework tool of the SOA is explained.