Description: This article examines the shared challenges for primary writers and reinsurance including the older population, marketing, admin expenses, and regulations. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 4

Description: A survey of 20 major life and health insurance entities, engaged in direct response business was conducted by Kiran Desai to understand the current status of the business and strategic thinking in the industry.

Description: Editorial highlights the public's need for this product line and cites a previous article for The Actuary written by Heidi Rackley promoting this subject.

Description: This article is the first in a four-part series about what actuaries see as ideal components of a health care reform package. This part covers health care reform ideas explored at the Conference of Consulting Actuaries’ CCA 2009 Annual Meeting in Tucson, Ariz.

Description: This article is about how actuarial services can be applied to life care retirement communities.

Description: An Editorial regarding Health care reform and actuarial malpractice. The author cites three elements of health care reform as areas where caution is advised: solvency, risk adjustment, and pricing.

Description: This editorial reviews the benefits of managed care, notes the public pressure to relax controls around this system and the expected cost impact of doing so.

Description: Feature article discussing pending health care reform and the issue of access to care. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2010 Vol 7 Issue 2

Description: An editorial about the status of health care reform in the U.S.