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  • Reinsurance News, August 2014, Issue 79
    After all, the economy was slowly coming back and direct life insurance sales had been stable the past few ... Holdings, for $1.8 billion. This is CPPIB’s first direct investment in the insurance sector. Annual Percentage ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • The Actuary Vol. 13, No. 8 Recent Social Security Disability Experience
    l Actuary Needed in Public Service The Health Care Financing Adminis- tration of H.E.W. in Baltimore ... to remain relatively constant. The number of primary bene- ficiaries has varied less than 0.3% in ...

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    • Authors: Bruce Schobel
    • Date: Oct 1979
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Health & Disability>Disability tables; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Quantifying Pandemic Risk
    thousands of doses will be available for health care workers in the worst- affected countries, which ... is spread through direct contact, so it is likely to affect mostly health care workers, first responders ...

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    • Authors: Nita Madhav, James Fullam
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Financial Reporting Section News March 2012
    service contracts that provide service as their primary purpose, and that meet all of the following criteria: ... benefits, including participating features, and direct expenses, including acquisition costs. Inflows ...

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    • Date: Mar 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Insights into Life PBR Emerging Practices
    principle-based reserve (PBR) practices. Forty direct writers and reinsurers with 80 percent market ... Report, 2nd Quarter, 2018 shows IUL sales with a primary pric- ing objective of death benefit, guaranteed ...

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    • Authors: Kevin Carr, Andrew Radel, Chris Whitney
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • With Age Comes Wisdom:Understanding Maturity Extension Rider
    accumulate to be equal to face amount by maturity. The primary issues of policyholders surviving to and past ... these obser- vations is issue age 85; this is a direct consequence of the 75- 80 SOA Basic Table’s use ...

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    • Authors: Connie Cheng, Anji Li Zhao
    • Date: Mar 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • From The Editor
    From The Editor A look into the issues’ contents. By Carlos Fuentes Models;Strategy;Artificial ... interactions of those who participate in the US health care system, understand the root causes of the problem ...
    • Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Economics>Health economics; Economics>Macroeconomics; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects
    How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects By Ray Mascola Communication;Operational Management;Time ... priorities. By actively listening you show that you care and in the process you develop credibility and trust ...
    • Date: May 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; 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>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; 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>Management partnership; 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
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Letter From the Chair
    Letter From the Chair Life can get very busy and disruptive. So was the case with our January ... the excuse that my wife very satisfactorily takes care of my social media needs. That said, I have created ...
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Letter from the Editors
    notable changes likely to occur in the U.S. health care system, it’s interesting to see how other coun- ... issues. For better or for worse, the U.S. health care system is unique among those used in the world’s ...

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    • Authors: Grady Catterall, Mary Kindel Van der Heijde
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Global Perspectives; Modeling & Statistical Methods