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Sunday, November 20, 2022

Book Review: The Ultimate Actuarial Joke Book and Best Tweets From Actuarial Problem Dog by John Lee

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It is with much chagrin and envy that I offer my review of a pair of books composed by John Lee, a.k.a the Actuarial Tutor.  I once had a dr...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Actuaries Are So Covert the CIA Wants Them As Spies!

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The worn trope of the actuary is that they are total introverts - practically invisible. The job no one has ever heard of and no can explain...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Hurricane Ian

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I went toe to toe with Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022. This was probably the craziest day of my life. After 48 hours of anticipation an...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Book Review: Do Good Better by William MacAskill

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I didn't realize that donating to charity could be an actuarial exercise! Yet after reading  Doing Good Better  by William Macaskill, I...
Saturday, June 4, 2022

Actuary Sets Bungee Jumping Record

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Happily, this post is not parody - it really happened!   Congrats to Francois-Marie Dibon who more than doubled the prior record.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Book Review: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

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  The Righteous Mind is a book about morals. At first glance, morality may belong to the realm of philosophers and theologians, but not actu...
Friday, April 1, 2022

Actuaryland: A Theme Park Designed By and For Actuaries

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Inspired by recent activity on Twitter, a nationally recognized amusement park design firm is entering a concept phase for a new niche attra...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Viral Viruses - Booster Edition

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Here we go with round 3 of the Corona series!  Chronicle/Recap: When a Virus Goes Viral (2020) - "It’s not an abnormal thing to wonder...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Box Tops and Other Ways to Earn Actuarial Credentials

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Recently, the SOA announced new ways to get credit toward an actuarial credential via university credit.  The approach was viewed with mixe...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

SF14 - A Glimpse Inside the Minds of Actuaries

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Actuarial authors of the 14th Speculative Fiction contest wrote stories (or graphic novel, play, or transcript) that cover social issues, p...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

When a Virus Stays Viral

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Last year I posted " When a Virus Goes Viral "   -  Since then, I grew and shaved a corona beard: I created parody songs - "C...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Octavia Butler Would Have Been A Great Actuary

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As I was scanning through the world of Speculative Fiction*, looking for inspiration for my next entry in to the Society of Actuaries Specul...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Insurance Rocks!

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Lemonade recently posted reviews of some bands you may have never heard of before (possibly because they don’t exist).  Names like Moral Haz...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Book Review: Winning Conditions by Christine Hofbeck

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I remember my initial reaction when I heard that there was going to be an actuary on Survivor.  "She'll probably win."  I said...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Do You Know More About Your Uber Driver Than Your Local Police Officer?

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In the wake of the unrest following the death of George Floyd, I decided to take some time to look at the numbers and data on police conduct...
Friday, June 12, 2020

Manager Thought Actuary was Protesting for a Decade

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A local actuary informed his manager that he would take the day off to join some peaceful protesters. The manager was stunned.  ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

Book Review: Being Wrong - Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Shulz

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Wrongness is a small obsession of mine. A while back I put out a piece on the blog that looked at occupations where being wrong is part ...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

When a Virus Goes Viral

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In the words of Twenty One Pilots , “I’ve been thinking too much...” please indulge me in some musings on our current state of affairs an...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

Advice from a Pro! 37 Life Lessons.

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Between the Spreadsheets is happy to add Mark Farrell's blog to our links . Here are his "37 Lessons Actuarial Science Has Taught...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Eat Your Numbers

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In case you missed it, I wrote a Cover Feature for Contingencies Magazine.  You may start to see more posts related to this theme in the nea...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Book Review: Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman

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We’ve conquered death! Awesome! Well more accurately , we developed nearly omniscient  Artificial Intelligence (the Thunderhead) that sol...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

2018 Actuarial Awards

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Roll out the red carpet!  Awards are everywhere....Emmys, Grammys, ESPYs, oh my! While not given the exact same spotlight, or fancy ev...
Friday, August 10, 2018

Are Actuaries Born or is it a Choice?

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When Rita was 3 years old she had a tendency to stack blocks in probability distribution shapes. At first her mother thought the patterns we...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

Between the Spreadsheets and In the Closet

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Calling your attention to a new page on Between the Spreadsheets. NERD CLOSET This is a resource page where I will share an post item...
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Big Data needs Big Actuaries

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The American Academy of Actuaries recently published a monograph  Big Data and the Role of the Actuary . Some speculate that the Academy m...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Review of the Human Longevity Project Series

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Over the past 9 days, a series of videos compiled by The Human Longevity Project, explored various topics related to human longevity. This i...
Monday, March 12, 2018

March Madness 2018 - Actuarial School Bracket

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Most likely, having an actuarial program has next to zero correlation with NCAA tournament success.  I haven't done the full blown anl...
Thursday, March 8, 2018

I'd Like to Thank The Academy....2017 Actuarial Awards Summary

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©NaimaLett.com: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, Lombardi, O’Brien, Commissioner, Olympic Gold The Oscars completes the awards season.  Awar...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

New Actuarial Standard on How To Put on Pants

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Recent ASB proposals for modeling , pricing , and assumption setting standards of practice seem to be starting a trend of codifying ever...
Saturday, October 7, 2017

New Insurance Products Announced for Undead

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In an effort to find new business, insurers are dabbling into new, untapped markets. Traditionally the insurance industry protected again...
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Friday, September 1, 2017

Bayesian Rhapsody

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The whole thing with Bayes is about updating likelihoods given more information. Let's see how Queen takes us on a Bayesian journey....
Friday, March 3, 2017

The 12th Actuarial Speculative Fiction Contest

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Below are stories from the 12th Actuarial Fiction Contest, with my own quick synopsis of the story and images from around the web th...
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Thursday, January 5, 2017

You Wouldn't Believe What Jacob Bernoulli Looks Like Now

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What would it be like if historic mathematicians lived today and were as popular as some of the most notorious celebs?  In this series of po...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Models and Drunks

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I am not referring to Gigi or Gisele or Gumble or Griffin .  Rather, "models and drunks" is a contrite summary of a couple of...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Vitality Compass vs. Longevity Illustrator

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If you want to know how long you are going to live, you could consult a palm reader or some other mystic.  Alternatively you could look to s...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Engage or Disengage?

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Recently, the Society of Actuaries deployed their latest community site, SOA Engage. https://engage.soa.org/home While unlikely to get...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

If Donald Trump Ran for SOA President

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The current political pageantry and it's primary peacock, one Donald J Trump, has inspired Between the Spreadsheets to ponder, if we c...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Actuarial @ASAPscience

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We call ourselves actuaries, but how many of us could call ourselves scientists as well?  After all, the field we practice is Actuarial Sc...
Monday, June 6, 2016

I Get Knocked Down, But I Get up Again

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As an actuary, my life revolves around studying the risks of shitty things happening.  I know that the whims of the universe may smite me wi...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Paid To Be Wrong vs. Paid to be Right

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For today's Nate Note, I'm considering various occupations and various tolerances for "rightness" and "wrongness...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Comedian Louis CK Goes Full Actuary

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So I'm watching Netflix and enjoying a little comedy when I hear Louis CK make some actuarial statements. In this video clip, you can h...
Friday, December 18, 2015

The Fed Awakens - Actuarial Reactions Vary

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Image from Jeff Burney at  http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/26133 The rumors, speculation and controversial photos of the fed fund...
Friday, September 25, 2015

New Clipped Art - Actuarial Tombstone

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I always assumed that I would donate my body to science or get cremated, and not need a tombstone.  After this idea popped in my head, I may...
Monday, August 17, 2015

If There was a Fantasy League for Actuaries....

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Drafts occur at the SOA annual meeting. Rosters need to include: 3 Pre-ASA Students 2 Post-ASA Students 3 Fully Credentialed Actuaries,...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Society of Actuaries Logos That Didn't Make the Cut

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In the latest attempt to rouge the lips of the swine that is the Society of Actuaries brand, (see the Image of the Actuary as the previous c...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Hug An Actuary!

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When it comes to Actuarial swag, there's not a whole lot out there.  However, recently at a conference, a "Hug An Actuary" h...
Monday, July 6, 2015

The Joke's on us

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Caught a link to a set of insurance jokes and some feature actuaries.  http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2015/06/11/32-great-insurance-jokes/ htt...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

Why do churches buy insurance?

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After all, don't most sacred texts encourage a sort of dependency on the higher powers?  Does the act of purchasing protection from ...
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Nate-rodamous

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For much of my actuarial career, I have used computer programs to collide one set of numbers (representing you and me and other insured fo...