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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 ...- Date: Feb 2012
- Publication Name: CompAct
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Meatloaf and Spreadsheets
Meatloaf and Spreadsheets I usually find the best time to plan my next article when I am away from my desk. Today, I was planning the next article during lunch. ; By Dave Kester I usually find ...- Authors: David Kester
- 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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Letter From The Chair
Letter From The Chair The Technology Section chairperson gives an update on section activities.By Steve Finn Data Quality;Model validation;Informatics By Steve Finn What a year it has been for ...- Authors: Steven Finn
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors Andrew Chan is now emeritus co-editor of the CompAct newsletter. He offers a final contribution for this issue’s letter, sharing a poignant visit to a client: Computer ...- Authors: Paul Ramirez, Richard Junker
- Date: Jul 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Chair My wife calls me a “pack rat” because I keep a few items from my childhood, high school and college days—OK, six boxes’ worth of stuff. I find it difficult to throw things ...- Authors: Steven Finn
- Date: Apr 2013
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Non-Endorsement
Non-Endorsement As editors, we face the decision each quarter of accepting or declining authors' submitted articles, particularly those that describe the solutions their companies' software ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Aug 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 ...- Date: Feb 2012
- Publication Name: CompAct
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GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections
GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections GPUs are structured differently from CPUs in that they are designed to process many small programs or functions ...- Authors: Chris Stiefeling
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Spreadsheets—the Aging Friend of Actuaries
Spreadsheets—the Aging Friend of Actuaries Is the Excel spreadsheet an actuary’s best friend? It appears that the life and pension industry is meandering blindly into a world of endless ...- Authors: Mark Grall
- Date: Apr 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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The Importance of Data Flow Automation—Garbage In, Garbage Out
The Importance of Data Flow Automation—Garbage In, Garbage Out Excel is a powerful analytical tool that we all use to build management reports, develop financial models and even massage data.- Authors: Andrew Chan
- Date: Jul 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics