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What Will Be The Life Insurance Products Of The Future?
What Will Be The Life Insurance Products Of The Future? This session discussion is about the trends in ... in a life insurance products in the 1980s have included graded premium whole life, universal life, excess ...- Authors: Douglas Doll, John Palmer, Godfrey Perrott, Bradley M Smith
- Date: May 1989
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Life Insurance
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The Nature of Risk
The Nature of Risk This letter from the President of the SOA finds that the changing nature of the risks ... opportunity for the actuarial profession, if our reactions meets their needs. From The Actuary, February ...- Authors: Bradley M Smith
- Date: Feb 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Actuarial Profession
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The Choice of the Proper Profit Objective
The Choice of the Proper Profit Objective The purpose of this paper is to examine the various profit ... profit objectives used in the development of a new product for a stock life insurance company. From Product ...- Authors: Bradley M Smith
- Date: Jan 1999
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
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The Choice of the Proper Profit Objective
The Choice of the Proper Profit Objective The author, noting the inadequacy of traditional ‘rules of ... current value, the profit objective can be expressed as maximizing ‘the present value of book profits ...- Authors: Robert L Collett, Vincent Granieri, Claude Y Paquin, Harry Ploss, Bradley M Smith, Donald R Sondergeld, James P Walsh
- Date: Oct 1983
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments
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SOA President Bradley M. Smith's Speech at Annual Meeting
Meeting President Smith's speech focuses on the need for actuaries to be better spokepeople and advocates ... programs like Social Security, Medicare and Health Care reform. Medicare;Public sector pension plans=Public ...- Authors: Bradley M Smith
- Date: Dec 2011
- Competency: Professional Values>Public interest representation
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Social Insurance
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Regulation Of Direct Response Marketing
Regulation Of Direct Response Marketing Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion ... discussion is about the expenses in direct-response marketing, advertising compliance, risk selection ...- Authors: Application Administrator, Bradley M Smith, Karen A Unterreiner, Johan G Vandervelde
- Date: Jun 1986
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Public Policy
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Relevance Is Not A Four Letter Word …
Word … Letter From The President column for the October/November 2012 edition of The Actuary magazine discussing ... discussing the importance of actuaries staying relevant in today’s and the future’s work force. 4294992790 ...- Authors: Bradley M Smith
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk categories; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
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Ask the Experts
Ask the Experts Three industry actuarial experts respond to pre-submitted and from-audience questions ... questions regarding the future of the valuation actuary, and statutory and GAAP accounting issues. Session ...- Authors: Jack Gibson, Larry M Gorski, Meredith Ratajczak, Bradley M Smith
- Date: Jan 2005
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values
- Topics: Actuarial Profession; Financial Reporting & Accounting
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Purchase GAAP Issues
Purchase GAAP Issues 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session on Purchase GAAP ... related topics currently under discussion by the Emerging Issues Task Force of FASB. Financial Accounting ...- Authors: Howard L Rosen, Arthur C Schneider, Bradley M Smith
- Date: May 1994
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
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The Actuary Vol. 23, No. 10 Pricing On A GAAP Basis
The Actuary Vol. 23, No. 10 Pricing On A GAAP Basis Life insurance companies find themselves in a significantly ... than that of just a few years ago. Managements face an uncertain investment environment, the real possibility ...- Authors: Bradley M Smith
- Date: Nov 1989
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]