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  • Are You A Product Actuary or A Marketing Actuary?
    Product Matters! November 2002 – Issue No. 54 S everal years ago, the concept of amarketing actuary ... from scratch. I did this for a simple deferred annuity product, so the calculations were not terribly ...

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    • Authors: Michael Kaster
    • Date: Nov 2002
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Getting Strategic About Risk Management: How Business Can Move Forward Through Greater Risk Awareness
    risk. While the new fiduciary rules enacted by the U.S. Department of Labor are widely considered to be ... on the rather more black-and-white numbers in mortality tables, evaluating and assessing these less ...

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    • Authors: Lou DiSerafino
    • Date: Aug 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Compliance; Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Portfolio management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
  • Canadian Reinsurance Conference 2016 ReDefining Leadership
    Roll was shaking the world with Elvis entering the U.S. music charts for the first time with Heartbreak ... reinsurance, and retrocession in- dustries in Canada, the U.S., and abroad. Approximately 70 per- cent of the ...

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    • Authors: Francois Lemieux
    • Date: Mar 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Long-term Care>Medical expenses; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Health reinsurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>Long-term care reinsurance; Reinsurance>Marketing and distribution - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Product development - Reinsurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • ACLI Update
    ACLI Update The column summarizes tax and retirement matters that ACLI and its member companies ... life insurance reserves for life in- surance and annuity contracts using principles-based meth- odologies ...

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    • Authors: Pete Bautz, Mandana Parsazad, Jim Szostek
    • Date: Oct 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
  • 10 Things I Think About the New Insurance Contracts IFRS
    10 Things I Think About the New Insurance Contracts IFRS Summarizes reaction to the new IFRS on ... You need to understand, for instance, whether mortality ex- perience is better or worse than expected ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem
    Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem This article discusses challenges that short-term ... dramatically impacted by exogenous factors. Mortality tables would be an example of this long-term ...

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    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • The Actuarial Memorandum in Support of the Health Statement
    only. Using a report format with specific section(s) for the narrative and technical components is recommended ... ing on the actuarial opinion along with the reason(s) for the alternate wording, in accordance with Section ...

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    • Authors: Annette James, Nancy Hubler
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Health & Disability>Health insurance