Description: Reworking The ABC’s of XYZ by Tom Kalmbach from Small Talk Newsletter, November 2002, Issue No. 19.

Description: Brief summary of Study Analyzing Demographic Experience of Continuing Care Retirement Community Residents. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, August 2002, Issue No. 6.

Description: This article summarizes IT trends that impact life, health and P&C insurance providers as revealed by Gartner's research.

Description: This article discusses new develpments in computer technology including artificial intelligence, use of stochastic models and use of quantum mechanics in building computers.

Description: Editorial describing issue’s contents.

Description: First part of a four-part series about clarifying data terminology.

Description: Discusses using the tseries package in the R computer language for developing historical series of data.

Description: This paper derives limited fluctuations credibility results for the Generalized Linear Model GLM and the extended case of generalized linear mixed model GLMM. It shows how credibility depends on the sample size, the distribution of covariates, and the link function. This provides a mechanism to obtain confidence intervals for the GLM and GLMM estimators.

Description: This article discusses adjusting IRC 415 limits for prior distributions. The proposed IRC 415 regulations issued last May contained guidance regarding how to adjust the benefit limits for prior distributions. This is commendable on the part of the IRS. How to adjust the IRC 415 limits for prior distributions has long been a source of confusion even for experienced pension actuaries. The best methodology is not immediately clear, and some methods have become common practice even if they can lead to inconsistent or unreasonable results. From Pension Section News, January 2006, No. 60.

Description: This is a table from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled An Analysis of Risk Management Terminology - Your guide to speaking ERM with different industries.