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The Microsoft Excel OFFSET Function
The Microsoft Excel OFFSET Function Describes the Excel OFFSET function and demonstrates how it can be used to efficiently manipulate arrays of data. N/A; 4294979424 07/01/2011 05:00:00 ...- Authors: Damian Birnstihl
- Date: Jul 2011
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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Introduction to Distributed Computing
Introduction to Distributed Computing This article explains why distributed computing systems have grown in popularity as well as the benefits and drawbacks of implementing them. Big ...- Authors: Jason Altieri
- Date: Apr 2018
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Table It in Microsoft Excel
Table It in Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel Tables are excellent for manipulating data. This article will explain some techniques that have proved useful in my personal experience. By Paul Margus ...- Authors: Paul Margus
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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End-User Computing: Solving the Problem
End-User Computing: Solving the Problem End-user computing (EUC) applications (such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and others) continue to present challenges for organizations. On the one ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Apr 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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Machine Learning, Skynet or the Future of Actuarial Software?
Machine Learning, Skynet or the Future of Actuarial Software? This article explores the possibility of using machine learning to improve, or potentially rewrite, actuarial code within actuarial ...- Authors: Sean Hayward
- Date: Oct 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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Learn more about outsourcing employee benefit services
Learn more about outsourcing employee benefit services Provides a summary of key points from the ERISA Advisory Council Report on Outsourcing (2014). The report provides interesting and important ...- Authors: Anna M Rappaport
- Date: Sep 2015
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Pension Section News
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Public Policy; Technology & Applications>Software
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International Experience Study Update
International Experience Study Update The SOA has developed a new “tool” using Microsoft Access/Excel for international actuaries to conduct mortality and persistency studies in conjunction with ...- Authors: William R Horbatt
- Date: Mar 2006
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Technology & Applications>Software
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How to Keep Your Spreadsheets Out of the Headlines
How to Keep Your Spreadsheets Out of the Headlines Summarizing the session "How to Keep Your Spreadsheets Out of the Headlines", on preventing spreadsheet error, from the 2015 SOA ...- Authors: Mary Campbell
- Date: Apr 2016
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Technology & Applications>Software
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The Modeling Platform
The Modeling Platform The April 2016 Issue of The Modeling Platform Financial accounting controls;Standards of practice;Operational risks;model validation;modeling ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Apr 2016
- Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Life Insurance>Policyholder behavior - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Software
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Excel as an IT System
Excel as an IT System I was planning on writing this article about six months ago, and never got around to it. Then, I read an article recently published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct entitled ...- Authors: Tim Heng
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software