Aug 16, 2016

Listen in as Sarah Tanner reads “Trees That Feed,” which was featured in the July 2016, Reinsurance News, written by S. Michael McLaughlin, FSA, CERA, FIA, MAAA.

Aug 16, 2016

Listen in as Shaun Daugherty, Esq., reads “Tales From A Journey of Discovery,” which was featured in the July 2016, Reinsurance News, written by John M. Bragg, FSA, ACAS, MAAA.

Aug 15, 2016

The Insurance Branch in IRS Chief Counsel’s National Office recently issued a Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) memorandum regarding the Dividends Received Deduction in the separate account partnership fund context.  The conclusions reached in the CCA constituted a victory of significance for the taxpayer involved, and while...

Aug 11, 2016

Anders Larson, FSA, MAAA, interviews Shea Parkes, FSA, MAAA, and Michael Niemerg, FSA, MAAA, about penalized regression.  Penalized regression can be thought of as the result of applying actuarial credibility to linear modeling.  They explain the statistical theory behind it and the practical reasons an actuary might...

Aug 4, 2016

Listen in as Shea Parkes, FSA, MAAA, from Milliman interviews Vince Granieri, FSA, MAAA, EA from Predictive Resources.  Vince presents a case study of applying predictive analytics to a classical actuarial problem: life insurance underwriting.  Vince walks us through building up his team, his capabilities and his models...