Description: This article contains best practices on actuarial modeling based on the author's personal experiences and provides useful advice for actuaries to consider in their daily work.

Description: Summarizing the session "How to Keep Your Spreadsheets Out of the Headlines", on preventing spreadsheet error, from the 2015 SOA Annual Meeting. Presenters were Alex Cires, Sandra To, and Mary Pat Campbell.

Description: Effective documentation is a critical component of model risk management. Several types of effective documentation are discussed.

Description: Actuarial models may seem like toy-tools, yet they are not all created equal when it comes to delivering results. All models are wrong, according to George Box, yet some are useful. Dealing effectively with operational risk, undue product complexity, and the eternal search for the right answer are keys to success.

Description: Overview of the issue.

Description: Explores the applications and techniques of model governance, focusing on benefits such as model literacy, efficiency, and confidence.

Description: The April 2016 Issue of The Modeling Platform

Description: Model Risk Management has come under increased focus in recent years. This article gives an introduction to model risk and sound MRM processes and controls.

Description: A summary of Modeling Section-sponsored sessions at the 2016 Life/Annuity Symposium, covering model risk management, model governance, and model efficiency.

Description: This article walks through the process of building a cluster model using off-the-shelf software.