Description: This article is a recap of the 2004 Insurance Direct Marketing Forum. From News Direct, January 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: Essay of using microeconomics and Embedded Value concepts to evaluate direct marketing programs.

Description: This article looks at trends in direct marketing with an emphasis on new technology for the internet and software for Straight Through Processing.

Description: News Direct May 2015, Issue 70

Description: The Mortality Improvement Survey Subcommittee of the Society's Committee on Life Insurance Mortality & Underwriting Surveys has completed its report on the results of a survey to examine mortality improvement practices with respect to life insurance pricing in both the US and Canada. A few questions were asked about functions other than pricing.

Description: This is the table of contents for NewsDirect, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: This article takes a look at direct response marketing the associated costs, and the tools necessary to start building a company’s presence in this developing market.

Description: This report presents the results of the Survey on the Business Decision practices of direct companies conducted by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys. A survey of reinsurers is reported separately.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting discuss incorporating reinsurance costs into the pricing of their retail products. Panelists also discuss the different effects of various reinsurance arrangements.

Description: In May of 2006 the Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee of the SOA surveyed both reinsurers and direct companies about their practices with respect to making business decisions in the underwriting process. This article highlights the comparison of the results of the two surveys.