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Dec 22, 2016

This is the first of a series of interviews sponsored by the Entrepreneurial & Innovation Section of the Society of Actuaries.  Each participant is an actuary that has chosen an unusual professional path, whether in an area where few actuaries have been before or in a traditional area but with a new business model or a...


Dec 21, 2016

Are you leading a virtual team or work virtually?  Hear about some ideas for a virtual "dream team".  At the 2016 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Frank Chechel, Zohair Motiwalla and Anne Katcher led an interactive workshop which took participants through two virtual team case studies.  This podcast...


Dec 13, 2016

This article is part one of a two part series addressing product tax implications of the adoption of the 2017 CSO Tables. Part 1 describes the mortality requirements of sections 7702 and 7702A​. From the October 2016 Taxing Times. Written by John T. Adney, Craig Springfield and Brian King. Read by Dan Theodore,...


Nov 18, 2016

Listen in as Anders Larson, FSA, MAAA, interviews Shea Parkes, FSA, MAAA about ensemble predictive modeling.  The most accurate predictive models are not any single predictive model; they are ensembles of different models.  This discussion explores what types of ensembles are common, and some of the theory that explains...


Nov 15, 2016

Investment Section Chair, Jeff Passmore, FSA, EA, FCA and Vice-Chair Kelly Featherstone, FSA, ACIA discuss the council strategic plan to double the value of Investment Section membership for the next five years.