Description: This is an article about debt protection and credit insurance as products. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: Inaugural article in a series to share resources with other actuaries at smaller companies. This article will introduce the reader to the Academy's Life and Health Valuation Law Manual, an annual publication containing numerous references, notes and guidelines to help valuation actuaries complete their statutory regulatory work.

Description: Read the June 2020 issue of Small Talk published by the Smaller Insurance Company Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Feature article discussing how to do a model update.

Description: Author highlights historical nonforfeiture and federal tax law changes, as they have impacted life product designs, in prognosticating about future product designs.

Description: The purpose of the article is to discuss the benefits of small policy purchases by seniors, describe the market and distribution for these small face amounts of life insurance, and demonstrate the dimensions of the market.

Description: This is an article on avian flu and reinsurance as it relates to smaller insurance companies.

Description: Read the September 2020 issue of Small Talk published by the Small Insurance Company Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article explores Simplified Issue SI as a product. There is a small-company slant toward SI whole life because the vast majority of my experience with SI is in the senior market. However, most of what will be discussed still applies to all SI.

Description: This article describes the increasing problems in the product filing and forms approval process under state regulation. It also describes the conclusions and product filing uniformity vision that includes the formation of CARFRA which stands for Coordinated Advertising, Rate and Form Review Authority.