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  • COVID-19’s Impact on Mortality in the United States
    COVID-19’s Impact on Mortality in the United States Just as the U.S. is dealing with a new surge of COVID-19 ... COVID-19 hospitalizations and death, the pandemic’s impact on the nation’s mortality rate is generating heightened ...

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    • Authors: Mervyn Kopinsky, Patrick Nolan, Dave Dillon
    • Date: Aug 2021
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Global Perspectives; Life Insurance
  • T3: TAXING TIMES Tidbits
    The Tidbit discuss a Revenue Ruling IRS issued to update its position on sales of Life Insurance Contracts ...

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    • Authors: Mayowa Dauda, Mark Smith
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance
  • Risk Evaluation in the Final Stages of the Pandemic
    Risk Evaluation in the Final Stages of the Pandemic The direct and indirect effects of the pandemic ... pandemic have impacted many actuaries’ work since the spring of 2020. This article addresses three considerations ...

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    • Authors: David Brentlinger
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • RBC Updates
    This ... article provides a description of three factor updates for the NAIC Risk-Based Capital that will take effect ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Brown
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • In-Person Meetings Make an ImpACT: Highlights from the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference
    Meetings Make an ImpACT: Highlights from the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference The authors reflect on the 2023 SOA ... SOA ImpACT Conference. They share some of the networking opportunities, and give overviews of the general ...

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    • Authors: Michelle Grusenmeyer, Alixandra Balestra
    • Date: Dec 2023
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • PBR Considerations and Benefits for Smaller Insurance Companies
    After years of discussion and debate, PrinciplesBased Reserving (PBR) is finally a reality. Small insurance ... electing for the company-wide exemption or adopting the PBR methods. This article discusses the benefits ...

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    • Authors: Alixandra Balestra, Calvin Y K Yeung, Jeffery Stroller
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Letter from the Editor
    Letter from the Editor Brief discussion on recent published experience studies and RFPs. By Scott D ... Just a quick update on some recent topics.  If you aren’t regularly checking out the SOA Research Institute ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Dec 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data
  • ACLI Update
    Update on federal tax legislative and regulatory developments relevant to life insurers and their products ...

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    • Authors: Mandana Parsazad, Regina Y Rose, Ryan Derry
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Public Policy; Public Policy; Public Policy
  • The Relation Between COVID-19 and Depression
    The Relation Between COVID-19 and Depression The numerous restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic ... those measures may have consequences for our health. The article attempts to uncover possible links between ...

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    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Several Ways to Improve Your Use of Excel for Actuarial Production
    Improve Your Use of Excel for Actuarial Production This article offers ways to make use of Excel more efficient ... ” In that article, I pointed out some known flaws of Excel: it is a blank slate, it wasn’t designed for ...

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    • Authors: Stephan Mathys
    • Date: Jun 2021
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Technology & Applications>Business intelligence; Technology & Applications>Software; Technology & Applications>Visualization