Description: Section Chair discusses Council plans for the year.

Description: This article discusses the changes occurring in the illustrations systems market.

Description: Article describing new and interesting computer programs.

Description: In this article, the author describes how to get data into and out of R.

Description: Letter from the new chairman of the Technology Section Council introducing the new council members.

Description: Feature article discussing the latest computer programs.

Description: Introduces new co-editor Eddie Smith and includes letters to the editor.

Description: Discusses the benefits of using the Instapaper application to manage and retrieve web articles.

Description: Discusses the section’s LinkedIn group and the contents of the January issue of the newsletter.

Description: This article describes a simple but powerful tool for use by valuation actuaries and auditors when evaluating current assumptions for use in GAAP net premium reserve methods that require retrospective updating for actual experience and assumption changes. As a supplement, this tool can fill some holes left by existing tools. It produces results that can be compared to materiality thresholds at any level of aggregation, from a single reserve cohort up to the combination of all cohorts for all products subject to retrospective net premium reserve requirements. It can also serve as a benchmarking tool for estimated the possible effects of an assumption change or to help in explaining the effects of an actual assumption change.