Innovating Actuarial Science
This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the REPLACE and REPLACEB function in Excel. Description REPLACE replaces part of a text string, based on the number of characters you specify, with a...
Actuarial Core Mathematics 1 (CM1) forms the core for classical actuarial expertise. It is one of the most interesting subjects and practical subjects with wide applicability. It provides students with essential knowledge by teaching...
There are many universities which provide post-graduation or masters in actuarial science, and it can be really tough to decide which to choose which not. One need to decide on so many factors before...
We recently wrote about Importance of Paste Special. In order to give you an idea, we are starting with a very basic paste special exercise but I bet if you will practice this exercise...
This may sound a little uncomfortable but being a student Actuary you must be aware of atleast this most basic function and recruiter or employer expect you to know Paste special in Actuaries. It...
Milliman announced the appointment of industry veteran Mr Heerak Basu as consulting actuary, based in Mumbai. Mr Basu is a fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, a fellow of the Institute of...
We understand you have a Personal life and we want to keep it that way but if you are a professional or a student persuing Actuarial Science, here is how it helps and the...
IAI has declared the the Exam dates for this additional IAI December 2018 attempt which they announced on 25th August 2018 offering an opportunity to student for selected subjects. December 2018 IAI Schedule The examination...
It is generally been asked what do we do except writing exams and as many times we have told them to work upon, they basically didn’t. So, we stopped replying and this is a...
On 26th of September, the Presidents of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and Society of Actuaries (SOA) jointly announced that the CAS and SOA Boards of Directors agreed to explore a combination of the...
The Council of The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) in its council meeting held on 22nd September, 2018 elected Sunil Sharma as its new President. He will serve a two year term as the President of IAI. Sunil Sharma is currently the Chief Actuary and the Chief Risk Officer for Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company India Ltd (Kotak Life).
Tomorrow’s insurance success stories will qualify the outputs of AI tools with good old-fashioned actuarial judgement, pricing in assumptions and instigating the appropriate checks and balances. This kind of actuary-machine combo will generate prices and products superior to those either one could muster
The DAY we all have been waiting for is here. The document received by us reads out aloud about the Actuaries Day on the birthday of Late Shri L S Vaidyanathan which is on 21st...
While they both revolve around data, there are certain lines drawn between these two. For instance, actuaries are found primarily in the insurance industry and risk management. On the other hand data scientist can be found in virtually any industry. If we have a comparative lookout of actuarial science and data science, prior is about the study of finance and related fields and activities and latter is about studying different data sets, their relationship and analysis.
This blog was originally written on STUMP by Mary Pat Campbell and has been posted with proper permissions. The post is in memory of actuary Jeremy Gold, who died earlier this month. Not many actuaries...
