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  • Reinsurance News, August 2006, Issue No. 58
    recurring category is business assumed from the direct side of companies that also have a reinsurance ... reinsurers and direct writers, and an increased comfort with higher retentions by direct writers are three ...

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    • Authors: Richard Daillak, Gaetano Geretto, William R Horbatt, David Bruggeman, Richard Jennings, Larry E Carson, Sylvie Hand
    • Date: Aug 2006
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
  • Let's Make a Deal: Life and Health Mergers and Acquisitions
    Volume 24 EPS multiples and P/E multiples are the primary benchmarks used in the stock market. Herb, would ... namely, the stock or bond of the day. There is a direct correlation between turnover in Wall Street, commissions ...

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    • Authors: Charles Carroll, Herbert E Goodfriend, William R Horbatt
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance
  • International Section News, April 2005, Issue No. 35
    council meeting in October, we agreed that the primary activities of the section are to provide a sense ... failures in the United States found the following primary causes: • Uninformed or inattentive board of ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Ainsworth, Application Administrator, Richard J Geisler, R Thomas Herget, William R Horbatt, Catherine Denise Lyn, John Robinson, Marc Slutzky, Vincent Y Y Tsang, Michael Gabon, Marcia M Tam-Marks, Mike Leung, Ronora Stryker, Scott Odierno, Martha Sikaras, Maria Torres, Ghislaine Royer, Guo Dan
    • Date: Apr 2005
    • Publication Name: International News
  • International Section News, June 2004, Issue No. 33
    adoption of the IASB’s new accounting standards. The primary issue involves the expected mismatch between how ... new business on December 8, 2000. While placing primary blame for Equitable Life’s problems with company ...

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    • Authors: Asutosh Chakrabarti, Paul Chow, Douglas Doll, William R Horbatt, Peter S Wright, Paul Sauve, Jose Luis Berrios-Martin, Yiji S Starr, William Hines, Tauno Jaekel, Martha Sikaras, James Makin
    • Date: Jun 2004
    • Publication Name: International News
  • International Section News, October 2004, Issue No. 34
    included noncancel- able health insurance and long-term care. The former is risky because premiums are guaranteed ... actual claims are higher than expected. Long-term care policies are risky due to the long-term morbidity ...

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    • Authors: R Thomas Herget, William R Horbatt, Jose Luis Berrios-Martin, Ronora Stryker, Chi Hong An, Dominique Lebel, Valerie Lopez, James Makin
    • Date: Oct 2004
    • Publication Name: International News
  • Mergers and Acquisitions in Emerging Markets
    because Munich Re is a reinsurer, and yet it bought a direct stake in Suramericana, which is the largest insurance ... remember the Aergo Group in Europe, which is a direct writer, too. MR. SALAZAR: But in Latin America ...

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    • Authors: Elisa M Wever, William R Horbatt, Camilo Salazar, David A. Chalfin, Samuel R Coleman, Gary P Timin, Richard de Haan
    • Date: May 2005
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Global Perspectives>Multinational companies
  • International Experience Study
    International Experience Study The first preliminary results on international experience studies on ... than Nor th America. • There appears to be a direct corre- l a t i on be tween mor ta l i t y and ...

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    • Authors: William R Horbatt, Michael Gabon
    • Date: Feb 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Global Perspectives
  • Let's Make a Deal: Life and Health Mergers and Acquisitions
    will be very common if you're writing long-term care insurance, and if you're writing disability insurance ... done differently for a medical care provider, whether it's a managed- care operation or a regular indemnity-type ...

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    • Authors: Charles Carroll, Herbert E Goodfriend, William R Horbatt
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Economic value; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • Failure to Plan Is Planning to Fail: An Experience of the Strategic Process
    it wanted to provide. It was like daddy taking care of the kids. We're now starting to see companies ... companies say, "We'll help you, but you have to take care of yourself." The shift from defined-benefit plans ...

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    • Authors: William R Horbatt, Dorn Swerdlin
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Pensions & Retirement
  • The Challenge of Financial Reporting during the 21st Century
    The Challenge of Financial Reporting during the 21st Century This article explores the challenges ... council meeting in October, we agreed that the primary activities of the section are to provide a sense ...

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    • Authors: William R Horbatt, Ghislaine Royer
    • Date: Apr 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills