Description: Argues that most retirees face multiple financial risks that need to be considered simultaneously so that limited resources can be applied in a manner that is rational and satisfying. A specific procedure for developing such an individualized risk strategy is described.

Description: This article explains how to create more maintainable models using abstractions by relating it to option, machine learning and machine intelligence models.

Description: This article is a basic introduction to information theory with the goal of explaining the maximal information coefficient.

Description: Evaluates the ability of various model types to automatically approximate various mathematical formulas. This can be used as a guide for feature engineering.

Description: Relationship of IRR to ROI on a Level Term Life Insurance Policy

Description: Typical features of Critical Illness policies, and discussion of pricing, reserving, claims experience and regulations.

Description: Discussion of variable universal life secondary guarantees: product features, pricing issues and reserving issues

Description: The heart of a reinsurance arrangement is that a loss by the direct writer will be covered. The risk that coverage may be lost can be managed—practical steps can be taken to ensure that the ceding company and reinsurer remain in agreement about what business is and is not covered under the terms and conditions of the reinsurance agreement.

Description: Article Description * “Agile” development is all the buzz in the IT world. You may have heard your IT teams talk about scrums, sprints, and the war room and wondered if they were playing a strange new sport. Or perhaps you are already applying agile techniques in your product development. This article will discuss what agile methodology is, pros and cons, and how you might apply it to insurance product development.

Description: European insurance regulation pretends to capture and rely on the 1-year 1-in-200 VaR. But there cannot exist any scientific calibration of such measure. Why?