This Week in Actuarial Science
Monday, April 13, 2020
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Consumer Groups Want Auto Premiums to Reflect Coronavirus Curb on Driving
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the roads have never been emptier. Is that impacting the insurance industry?
AI and the coronavirus fight: How artificial intelligence is taking on COVID-19
Researchers are employing artificial intelligence to combat COVID-19. They are working to detect the virus, predict the spread of the virus, and even project how the virus impacts mental health. With only a few months of data on COVID-19, these unique investigation methods can help bridge the knowledge gap researchers are facing.
Fun fact: Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief of ZDNet, is an adjunct professor in the Temple University MIS Department!
Riddle!
You have two boxes and 100 SOA Approved Calculators: 50 TI-30XS Multiview Calculators and 50 TI BA II Plus Financial Calculators. You get to arrange the calculators into the two boxes however you’d like, but each box must have one calculator. Professor Zheng will blindly choose one of the two boxes and then select a random calculator from that box.
How can you arrange the calculators to maximize the probability that Professor Zheng gets a Financial Calculator, and what is that probability?
COVID-19 forum for actuaries launched
Committee Member Recognition!
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