Description: This article discusses the effects of economic cycles on the health insurance business.

Description: Summary of the Global Risks Report 2017, 12th Edition, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Description: Report from research project that reviewed and inventoried the range of quality and efficiency measures that demonstrate the performance of hospitals and physicians. Besides outlining key areas of consideration for quality and efficiency measurement, this report also describes future opportunities for actuaries and other health professionals interested in this evolving area. The inventory part of the report is in a separate document.

Description: This paper points out errors in the Graetz Prepayment Analysis used to determine tax liability for mutual companies. Those errors result in an understatement of the tax burden borne by mutual life insurance companies. The Graetz prepayment analysis was advanced as a justification for repealing Section 809 of the Internal Revenue Code. Correcting the errors in the Graetz prepayment analysis strengthens the argument for repeal.

Description: There are strong interactions between the population of Mexico and the Mexican-origin population in the United States MOP. The main purpose of this paper is the identification of relationships from the demographic and social security perspectives.

Description: Discusses good sources of mortality data and possible distortions in the data.

Description: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this session the panelists discussed economic surplus, economic value, and value added in the context of how value added is actually used in a company's compensation system.

Description: This is the second annual report on the study of the morbidity experience of Group Comprehensive Medical Expense insurance. From Transactions of the Society of Actuaries 1964 Reports.

Description: This discussion is about comprehensice medical insurance and excess major medical coverage and includes specific measures taken to reduce claim experience, outlook for smaller groups, and claim costs of specific provisions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962 Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This overview study note for the Society of Actuaries Spring 2012 Financial Economic Theory and Engineering [FETE] exam is intended to provide candidates with an approach for organizing the course of reading for studying the various sections of the course.