What Does the Video Game Industry of the 1990s and Actuarial Software Industry Today Have in Common?

What the 1990s Video Game Industry and Today’s Actuarial Software Industry Share

By Igor Nikitin, ASA, MAAA
CEO, Nice Technologies LLC

What do the video game industry of the 1990s and today’s actuarial software have in common? More than you might expect!
 
As complexity grows, both industries face challenges in balancing innovation and cost-effectiveness. The solution? A new business model that transforms the actuarial software industry, like the “source-available engines” that revolutionized the game development industry.
 
In this article, explore how lessons from the game development world can shape the future of actuarial tools.
 
 

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