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No, for many reasons. Workbook calculation performance, advanced, complicated spreadsheet incompatibility, worse UI/keyboard shortcuts, slow UI, different langu
by will_pseudonym 6y ago
No, for many reasons. Workbook calculation performance, advanced, complicated spreadsheet incompatibility, worse UI/keyboard shortcuts, slow UI, different language than VBA for custom functions (It isn't necessarily worse, but it's the same thing as trying to convince a department to switch from language X to Y including rewriting every application that's written in X. Also, every person you've ever hired was familiar with X, and has no experience with Y.)
R/Python/SAS etc. are a much more compelling alternative to Excel than Google Sheets (to say nothing of the actuarial modeling software packages that are used already for more rigorous/complicated problems).
If an insurance company decided to move all of their MS Office users to Google Docs/Sheets etc, my money is on the actuarial department paying for Excel out of their budget without a moment's hesitation.