Description: Big data, predictive analytics, machine learning and AI will likely transform the insurance market and the actuarial profession. The actuarial profession is seeing changes many markets, including health and property and casualty. This article describes these trends and provides an introduction into what companies and the Society of Actuaries (SOA) are doing to adapt and capitalize on these trends.

Description: What do data, technology, offices, skills, and cultural perspectives all have in common? Significant transformation.

Description: A discussion of the 1998 changes to New York’s Expense Limitation Law

Description: This article is a summary of a debate at a Southeastern Actuarial Club meeting that looked at the appropriateness of secondary guarantees in UL products.

Description: How Ready Are You for the Critical Illness Challenge? by Johan Lotter from Product Development News, August 2000, Issue No. 50.

Description: Are You A Product Actuary or A Marketing Actuary? Several years ago, the concept of a marketing actuary was in vogue. Many job titles were changed to reflect this new concept, and some new jobs were created. But the question is, did the job really change? There is a distinct difference between a product development actuary and a marketing actuary.

Description: A discussion of adjustments to the issue and underwriting process to speed up the process in order to succeed with bank distribution of insurance products.

Description: Discussion of work site mortality— including risk classification and underwriting methodology decisions which affect the appropriate mortality assumptions

Description: A discussion of risk-relevant resources available at the Society of Actuaries Risk Management Task Force Web site

Description: A summary of the 2001 Individual Life and Annuity Expense Study