Contingencies

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A Long Stroll Through Avoca Cemetery—An actuarial study … and a few meditations and meanderings

By Kevin Wolf I’ve been giving talks every May for the past five years to a group of my friends and some senior citizens. I haven’t given a talk on an actuarial topic to this group before, so I decided it was time to do so—but what topic? I... Read More

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Model Behavior—How a modern modeler can add value and drive effective business decisions

By Olyvia Leahy While actuarial models are by their nature quite scientific, the process of developing and adapting a model requires a bit of art as well. This is where a skilled actuarial modeler really adds value, and where a model goes from... Read More

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Data Disasters: Learning From History—Case Studies in Analytic Decision-Making

By Kurt J. Wrobel History books are filled with decisions that helped turn an important event to a victory or a defeat—whether that event took place in the arena of war, finance, or politics. Outcomes in these areas have had a profound impact... Read More