Description: This article discusses new tools to underwrite faster, cheaper and better in order to be more profitable and also market to the middle market.

Description: This is an article that has excerpts from each of the four winning papers of a contest sponsored by the Society of Actuaries on the subject of visions of the life insurance industry in 2020.

Description: Article discussing a research project to determine the risk selection efficacy of e-underwriting in conjunction with the use of e-data such as MIB, MVR and prescription med history.

Description: Summary of Part II of the survey of Appointed Actuaries, sponsored by the American Academy of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Financia1 Reporting and the Society of Actuaries Financial Reporting Section, which asked appointed actuary various questions on methodology and assumptions employed for asset adequacy testing.

Description: This article discusses using simplified issue underwriting to sell term insurance to the middle market.

Description: Article reporting the results of interviews/surveys on the level of success companies were having with automated life underwriting.

Description: This article looks at new point of sale technology and how it can assist in selling to the middle market.

Description: Editorial discussing the transition of the newsletter's editors.

Description: This article summarizes the results of the first part of a U.S. Appointed Actuaries survey asking about the usefulness of the various documents that have been created to guide valuation actuaries.

Description: A helpful guide on how and why to start a business.