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  • Key Health Issues for 2003
    Key Health Issues for 2003 Key Health Issues for 2003, as identified by the Health Benefit Systems ... will have their top priority attention. Health care reform;Medical expenses; 11162 5/1/2003 12:00:00 ...

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    • Authors: Kara Clark
    • Date: May 2003
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Smaller Insurance Company Section: 2012 Health Survey
    Smaller Insurance Company Section: 2012 Health Survey Results of the Smaller Insurance Company ... in the health area ;; Health insurance; Health care reform; Life insurance 4294995995 3/1/2013 12:00:00 ...

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    • Authors: D Williams
    • Date: Mar 2013
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Relationship Management>Team leadership
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Health & Disability>Health care
  • Combination Annuities—A Market to Get Into?
    Combination Annuities—A Market to Get Into? This article discusses the pending Pension Protection ... products that combine LTC and Annuities. Long-term care insurance=LTCI;Marketing and distribution;Simplified ...

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    • Authors: Cary O Lakenbach
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Annuities>Fixed annuities; Long-term Care
  • Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25
    individual life, disability income or long-term care insurance. Two important changes are about to af- ... benefit without involvement of an insurer. The primary source of debt protection remains in the credit ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Roger Annin, Christopher Hause, Norman E Hill, Terry Long, James Thompson, Philip Velazquez, Daniel Winslow, Denise Love, Donna K Ferguson
    • Date: Nov 2005
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
  • The Relation Between COVID-19 and Depression
    effects of COVID-19 is vital in planning future care and management strategies. The National Institutes ... complicated by sepsis, ventilation and prolonged intensive care stays. These would include respiratory, neurological ...

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    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Small Talk Newsletter, November 2003, Issue No. 21
    mi- nority of our section members list their primary area of practice as health, we sent out a survey ... ..7 Smaller Insurance Companies and Long-Term Care Insurance by Tony Proulx.......................

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    • Authors: Mark C Rowley, James Thompson, Michael Taht, Kara Clark, Susan Reitz, Anthony Proulx
    • Date: Nov 2003
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
  • Small Talk Newsletter, November 2004, Issue No. 23
    ...8 Asset Adequacy Analysis for the Long Term Care Product: A Case Study by Amy Pahl ............. ... Health’s fixed annuity block ($38.0 million). • Health Care Service Corp.’s acquisition of Omaha Life Insurance ...

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    • Authors: Jay Jaffe, Allen Klein, Leon Langlitz, Mark C Rowley, Kenton L Scheiwe, Robert Shapiro, David V Smith, James Thompson, Tamora Kapeller, Narayan S Shankar, Peter Hitchcock, Amy Pahl, Peter W Mattingly
    • Date: Nov 2004
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
  • A.M. Best U.S. Life Reinsurance – Market Review Consolidation Brings Rational Pricing but Greater Competition
    of factors. The decline may be attributable to direct writers’ stronger balance sheets and excess capital ... credit markets, all of which have enabled the life direct market to fund greater retention levels. There ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Irwin
    • Date: Dec 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • Small Talk Newsletter, June 2007, Issue No. 28
    preliminary Academy presentation on PBR for long-term care was made to LHATF. It was structured as a series ... assumptions. Another regulator stated that long-term care reserves under PBR should be twice as high as current ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Mark Birdsall, Norman E Hill, Cary O Lakenbach, Leon Langlitz, Raymond Ted Schlude, James Thompson, Ronora Stryker, Meg Weber, Arthur Aaronson
    • Date: Jun 2007
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
  • An evolution in the world of private equity
    into a PE fund from “day one” is known as the “primary” market. Over the past decade, however, we have ... secondary market still remains much smaller than the primary market, with less than 2 percent of PE assets ...

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    • Authors: Mark W Whitford
    • Date: Jun 2020
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Finance & Investments