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Cashflower cheat sheet

Simplicity and efficiency are essential in actuarial cash flow modelling. That's why we're excited to introduce the cashflower cheat sheet — a one-page reference guide to all the crucial components.

You can download the cheat sheet (PDF) and keep it at your fingertips while using Cashflower.

If you have any …

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Programming actuary

An actuary combines skills from 3 areas: mathematics, economics and IT. The focus of this post will be on the last area - IT. I will share my view of which computer skills are the most important for actuaries.

Diagram with actuarial skill set: mathematics, economics and information technology.

Actuarial skill set

Actuaries combine skills from 3 areas:

  • mathematics
  • economics …
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Shadow model in actuarial reporting

Do you work in an insurance company? You may come across the term shadow model in the context of actuarial reporting.

What's hidden in this mysterious term?

Actuarial cash flow models are usually complex. Actuaries develop them in commercial software or with programming languages.

It's not easy to review these …

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Subsequent Measurement IFRS 17

In this post, let's analyze the change in fulfilment cash flows over time and how these changes are reflected in the measurement of the insurance contract.

IFRS 17 specifies different treatments for changes in fulfilment cash flows, depending on whether the change relates to future service or past and current …

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Embedded Value

If you are an actuary, it is likely that you will come across the term Embedded Value (EV). Embedded Value is one of the reporting regimes - the set of rules of how to perform actuarial modelling and …