May 14, 2021

The 2021 election of new Modeling Section Council members is approaching! Listen now as April Shen, FSA, MAAA, interviews current section council members, Uri Sobel, FSA, MAAA, and Kevin Durand, FSA, MAAA, on their experiences. They also give a great introduction to both the Modeling Section and council with...

Apr 30, 2021

Join us as Tim Deitz, ASA, MAAA, and Tom Kim, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, discuss LDTI implementation/modeling experiences and challenges.

Mar 29, 2021

Listen now as Lu Xue, FSA, CERA, MAAA, interviews Katherine Geller, FSA, MAAA, on the Agile principles, methodologies and executions for modeling and project management.

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Feb 3, 2021

Model governance often focuses on “what to do” rather than “why we are doing it” and “how we should do it.” In this podcast, Kevin Durand, FSA, MAAA, interviews Winston Hall, FSA, MAAA, who shares insight and benefits of keeping the focus of governance on the “why.”

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Nov 4, 2020

Listen now as April Shen, FSA, CFA, interviews Eric Schwartz, FSA, MAAA, on communicating actuarial model results. In this podcast, Eric discusses key questions and strategies actuaries should think about when they communicate model results to various stakeholders. 

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1. Key stakeholders for modelers to...