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Excel as an IT System
Excel as an IT System I was planning on writing this article about six months ago, and never got around to it. Then, I read an article recently published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct ...- Authors: Tim Heng
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter From The Editors
Letter From The Editors Actuaries are caught in a perfect storm. Since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, actuaries have had to deliver more information to senior management and at the ...- Authors: Andrew Chan, Richard Junker
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Articles Needed
Articles Needed By CompAct Newsletter Your help and participation are needed: Articles, book reviews and other information on technology useful to actuaries are needed! All articles will include ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Apr 2013
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Letter From The Editors
Letter From The Editors Getting our hands around a vast expansion of operating data and communicating it meaningfully is a core skill of actuaries operating in the 2012 risk management era. To ...- Authors: Richard Junker, Andrew Chan
- Date: Feb 2012
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Articles Needed for CompAct newsletter
Articles Needed for CompAct newsletter Your help and participation are needed: Articles, book reviews and other information on technology useful to actuaries are needed! ... ; Your help and ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: May 2012
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Mental Math
Mental Math In this issue’s installment, we consider one of the classic feats of mental calculation: how to figure out the day of the week of anyone’s birthday. ; By Paul Ramirez A DAY FOR ANY ...- Authors: Paul Ramirez
- Date: Jul 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices
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Cloud Computing For Actuaries - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS—What Do These Mean And Why Do I Care?
Cloud Computing For Actuaries - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS—What Do These Mean And Why Do I Care? This article defines cloud computing and informs actuaries how to get the most out of it.By Van Beach ...- Authors: Van Beach
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Dynamic simulation models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor Introduction to this edition of CompAct with highlights of the content of each contributed article. By Mark Africa and Paul Ramirez Data quality;Predictive ...- Authors: Mark Africa, Paul Ramirez
- Date: May 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Binomial Probilities
Binomial Probilities It was a dark and stormy night. I was attempting to code a binomial lattice in SunGard’s™ iWorks Prophet Professional™ (Prophet) system By Roger A. Kaiser Jr. Mary Pat ...- Date: Mar 2015
- Publication Name: CompAct
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The (absolutely) Best App of all time
The (absolutely) Best App of all time <p>Let’s see if we not only can find a good app, not even just a great app—how about finding the best app of all time? That’s the goal of this article.- Authors: David Kester
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Technology & Applications>Software