List of Contributions

The beginning of a new year is often a time to pause and reflect – in both directions, forward and backward. We look back at the calendar year just completed, and we can’t help but try to recall its major events, assess how good or bad it was, and evaluate its general impact on our lives. Such reflection ...

“Well, there they go again…” Any actuaries who have lived through a change in exam structure have probably said, heard, or at least sympathized with this sentiment. I suspect that students and faculty interested in actuarial science may be having similar thoughts right now. I recall struggling to ...

Part I was posted last week and can be read here: http://community.casact.org/p/bl/ar/blogaid=328 Are you back? Good. Here is a summary of the aggregate survey results, including comments often originating from some of my wonderful CAS Staff colleagues, from most risky to least risky monsters. ...

Careers rarely unfold the way you had originally anticipated. Take the following hypothetical: After graduating from college, you begin a position as Actuarial Analyst for a major property-casualty insurance company. You work for a few years, passing actuarial exams regularly, achieving an ACAS ...

Last month, I posted the description of a hypothetical incident involving a simple game of Pokémon Go – a game which turned into a catastrophic jumble of tangled interactions, torts, and general chaos. I asked what sense could be made of all this from a risk and insurance standpoint. If you’d like, ...

You're a university student, walking down a sidewalk in your neighborhood, your eyes fixed intently on your smartphone screen. You move your phone slowly from side to side, surveying the landscape. “If there's anything here, I'll find it,” you think to yourself. Suddenly, you see something, just ...

One of the strengths of the actuarial profession is its willingness – indeed, its desire – to welcome and accommodate people with very different backgrounds. In our roles as identifiers, quantifiers, and managers of risk, actuaries benefit society by utilizing the variety of perspectives and approaches ...