Description: The articles in this issue cover the alternate careers of risk management and personal actuary as well as on communication skills for actuaries.

Description: Help consumers understand their rights in health care and understand how technology is embedded into the health care industry. On top of that, you will also hear about topics related to professionalism. During this webcast, you will learn about: ▪ An overview of the health insurance market ▪ Health care provider billing and contracting ▪ Recent trends with insurers and health care providers ▪ Identify areas of excessive billing and fraud ▪ The impacts of technology on billing practices ▪ An understanding pharmacy benefits, including discounts and rebates

Description: The SOA Research Institute’s Committee on Finance Research is pleased to make available a paper that specifies general considerations to guide the development of a methodology to attribute spread to different investment risks related to AG53.

Description: The SOA Research Institute’s Committee on Finance Research is pleased to make available a paper that specifies general considerations to guide the development of a methodology to attribute spread to different investment risks related to AG53.

Description: Full version of Risks and Rewards Newsletter, February 2007, Issue No. 49.

Description: Full version of Risks and Rewards Newsletter, February 2001, Issue No. 36.

Description: Full version of Risk and Rewards Newsletter, August 2007, Issue No. 50.

Description: Asset cash flow modeling and asset assumptions are growing in importance with PBR especially considering the low interest rate environment. The Academy’s Life Practice Council and Life Valuation Committee have formed a Low Interest Rate Asset Adequacy Testing Task Force which has conducted an industry survey to raise awareness and summarize the actuarial best practices for financial reporting actuaries practicing in today’s very low interest rate environment. As the scrutiny on the asset side ratchets up, actuaries must consider how best to develop the asset assumptions as well as model the reinvestment and disinvestment strategies. Coherent assumptions and modeling practices across modeling exercises are expected while respecting the purpose of each calculation.

Description: Analyze financial risk and explore the foundation for pricing, valuation and other functions served by actuaries in the modeling profession during this webcast. Expect a focus on the importance of understanding and preventing bias. Observe the different types of bias, how it can enter into models, how to identify it in models and best avoidance practices. Join our presenter who is pursuing a Masters in Economic Analytics at Clemson University as he incorporates his recent economic research into the webcast material.

Description: This article discusses techniques for modeling credit risk, including discussion of default assumptions and recovery rates.