Dear useRs, Over the last few years R has gained a significant momentum in the insurance industry. Dedicated packages have been written, numerous presentations given, courses held, businesses set up, and IT departments convinced. ;-) Therefore, together with Markus Gesmann of Lloyd's of London, we created a Special Interest Group mailing list to discuss R usage in actuarial science, insurance (life and non-life) and risk analysis and assessment in general. (With thanks to Diego Mazzeo for the idea and to Martin Maechler for the technical help and list creation.) To subscribe to the list please visit: https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-insurance For the posting guide see: http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html We hope that this new list will foster discussions and the transfer of knowledge. Please pass the word and participate, your contributions are most welcome! -- Vincent Goulet, Associate Professor ?cole d'actuariat Universit? Laval, Qu?bec vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca