Description: The following case study walks through the steps of a predictive modeling exercise to illustrate one way analytics can streamline the underwriting paradigm.

Description: Read the February 2020 issue of Risk Management, published by the Joint Risk Management Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: The December 2013/January 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: The author proposes an annuity clearinghouse to encourage employers to offer annuity accumulation products in their defined contribution plans. This addresses the lack of portability that is associated with, and discourages the use of, defined contribution plans.

Description: Even if you aren’t interested in going to Rome, this article is the first in a series on the process of innovation. It defines innovation, describes an overview of the innovation process, and includes a few innovative techniques and examples of innovation. However, it does not provide directions to Rome, as all roads lead there anyway.

Description: This paper is an introduction to AI technology designed for actuaries to understand how the technology works, the potential risks it could introduce, and how to mitigate risks.

Description: Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) covers a broad range of corporate finance concepts. As part of a 10-year strategic plan exercise, you'll apply opportunity engineering to help guide senior management in introducing a new product to market. You'll also focus on three applications of Extreme Value Theory (EVT), which are covered and tested in a business context.

Description: This is an extension of the 8th edition of the SOA Living to 100 Symposium in the U.S. It brings new perspectives with the combination of long-term care, mortality, ElderTech, pandemic longevity and climate change response to the needs of the elderly population.

Description: CMS has required hospitals to publish their chargemaster rates, cash discounts and negotiated rates as of January 1, 2021. Our panel is comprised of a data strategist, an executive from a large hospital system and an actuary.