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  • Introducing the Representative Scenarios Method - Part 1
    the American Academy of Actuar- ies (Academy) Annuity Reserve Work Group (ARWG) to de- velop PBR for ... being valued. For example, the distribution of mortality cost might be defined as a percentage of a pricing ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Stephen Strommen
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • An Actuarial Opinion
    As everyone sat down around a large, circular table, the President commented, "Senator, I'm surprised ... Federal Information Office has been collecting U.S. company data for several years in the hope of building ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Feb 2013
  • June Webinar Topic: Sensitivity Testing and Setting Margins, Plus a Fully Stochastic PBR Method
    experience assumption, normally in the form of a table of decrement rates 2. Experience study data for ... ratio between the observed experience and the table from number 1 3. When experience study data are ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Dynamic Assumption-Setting for Variable and Non- Variable Annuities—Part 2
    utilization statuses for VAs with GLWBs as shown in Table 1 (below). In that article, we demonstrated that ... of the individual algorithms independently.2 Table 1 VAs with GLWBs Defined Contract Statuses Benefit ...

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    • Authors: Marianne C Purushotham, Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Capital - Annuities; Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities; Annuities>Expenses - Annuities; Annuities>Fixed annuities; Annuities>Group plans - Annuities
  • Session 71: Final Expense Market Overview
    follow federal law. The Sherman Act, is the primary U.S. antitrust law pertaining to association activities ... Anti-selective lapse behavior may significantly affect mortality assumptions • Customer Maintenance • Commission ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Jun 2019
  • PBR Simplified Methods Project
    all material assumptions; 2. objectivity measure(s) for material best esti- mate assumptions; 3. an actuarial ... a range from zero to one, such as lapse and mortality. The resulting distribution covers both estimation ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Apr 2019
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Universal life; Life Insurance>Whole life; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Conditional Tail Expectation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Company Profitability and Risk Dashboards— A Tool in the Understanding and Management of Risk, Part 2
    research paper showing sample results of lapse and mortality results using the Limited Fluctuation and Bühlmann ... currently in progress for term life insurance mortality and lapse rates.² These industry results could ...

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    • Authors: Marianne C Purushotham, Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: In The Public Interest
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Predictive Analytics
  • Navigating the NAIC
    which consists of NAIC members representing all U.S. regulatory jurisdic- tions, including states and ... ers, directors and superintendents of the various U.S. states and territories. The NAIC organization is ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Mar 2015
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
  • Streamlining Actuarial Documentation and Testing Requirements
    Streamlining Actuarial Documentation and Testing Requirements Describes three-phase project ... testing and documentation require- ments are on the table for this project. While PBA is not effective yet ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Mar 2015
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter