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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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