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  • Invitation to the 54th ARC in 2019 in Indianapolis
    Invitation to the 54th ARC in 2019 in Indianapolis By Jeff Beckley Data mining=Big data By Jeff Beckley The next Actuarial Research Conference will be held in Indianapolis on Aug. 14–17, 2019.
    • Authors: Jeffrey Beckley
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships
  • Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility
    Calibrating Risk Score Model with Partial Credibility by Shea Parkes and Brad Armstrong Learn how to use concepts like ridge regression to train a model with partial credibility. Predictive ...
    • Authors: Sheamus Parkes, Brad Armstrong
    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; 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: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Bayesian methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Predictive Analytics
  • SOA Research Overview
    SOA Research Overview The Society of Actuaries' managing director of actuarial research provided an overview of research activities including the funding behind research projects and the ...

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    • Authors: Bruce Iverson
    • Date: Oct 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • 49th Actuarial Research Conference: University of California, Santa Barbara
    49th Actuarial Research Conference: University of California, Santa Barbara By Ian Duncan and Raya FeldmanThe Actuarial Research Conference heads back to the west coast this July to the ...
    • Authors: Ian G Duncan, Raya Feldman
    • Date: Apr 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • The Technical Corner
    The Technical Corner This article looks at an extensive integrated collection of financial mathematical modeling packages available in R, a language and environment for statistical computing.

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Sep 2007
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • E&R Sponsored Sessions at the SOA Life and Annuity Symposium
    E&R Sponsored Sessions at the SOA Life and Annuity Symposium By Brian Hartman and Tom Edwalds By Brian Hartman and Tom Edwalds The E&R section will be sponsoring three sessions and a ...
    • Date: Apr 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Overview of the Master's Student Actuarial Research Course at UC, Santa Barbara
    Overview of the Master's Student Actuarial Research Course at UC, Santa Barbara By Ian Duncan Regression Analysis;Health Insurance;Generalized Linear Models By Ian Duncan The Department of ...
    • Authors: Ian Duncan
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships
  • E&R Section Sponsors Statistics Session at SOA ’10 Health Meeting
    E&R Section Sponsors Statistics Session at SOA ’10 Health Meeting Vincent Kane recaps the “Statistics for Reading the Health Services and Policy Literature” session at the SOA ’10 Health ...

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    • Authors: Vincent Kane
    • Date: Oct 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health information technology; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • R Corner
    R Corner This article discusses how to get data into and out of R, an open source language for statistical computing. Computer science;Predictive modeling; <!-- InstanceBeginEditable ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Oct 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • The R Corner
    The R Corner A disscussion of actuar R, an R package for actuarial science, and its facilities in the fields of loss distribution modeling, risk theory and credibility theory. Computer science; ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software