Description: The numerous restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have certainly affected everyone and those measures may have consequences for our health. The article attempts to uncover possible links between COVID-19 and depression.

Description: This article is a summary of two presentations sponsored by the Small Insurance Company Section. The first was a webcast on March 13, 2012, and the second was at the ERM Symposium on April 20, 2012.

Description: Read the September 2016 issue of Small Talk published by the Smaller Insurance Company section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Article that speaks about many of the benefits of reinsurance, including profitability optimization, risk mitigation and capital utilization improvement.

Description: A continuation of the discussion on modeling mortality in life insurance applicants first discussed in the January 2012 edition of the Small Talk newsletter.

Description: Discusses the current activities of the Life Liquidity Risk Working Group of the NAIC.

Description: This article discusses catastrophic mortality risk and ways that smaller insurance companies can manage the risk, including traditional catastrophe reinsurance, accidental death carve-outs, and catastrophic claim pools.

Description: The article describes the refined formula for measuring interest C3a risk that is effective 12/31/2000.

Description: Exploration of the legacy of black insurance companies through description of 5 of the largest companies and their founders.

Description: This article offers ways to make use of Excel more efficient, by applying software development and design principles