Description: An examination of the underlying reasons for the concept of health expectancy, some alternative approaches to developing the measurement and some of the powerful uses of this new tool.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the current expected mortality rate of defined benefit plans, what changes in this mortality rate are likely, will defined benefit plans be replaced by other programs requiring actuarial expertise, will retraining of actuaries be necessary, what we can learn from other places and other times.

Description: Discussion of roles of health actuaries in the future.

Description: Discusses areas health actuaries could expand into. Issue No. 47.

Description: The author calls for a re-examination of potential new avenues for growth for the actuarial profession, both in new areas and traditional areas.

Description: The momentum in value-based care has produced an opportunity for actuaries to become pioneers in health care

Description: This article discusses a multiyear design for stop-loss reinsurance used by employers offering self-funded medical benefit programs.

Description: Much of enterprise risk management has its roots in portfolio management and corporate finance. The concepts of trading off risk and return and benefits of diversification are well understood and articulated in both the actuarial and economics fields, so I don’t believe there are significant knowledge gaps preventing actuaries from contributing to the field. In fact, actuaries may have an advantage in many situations where a large part of a firm’s overall risk arises from pension activities or other more typical actuarial risks.

Description: The current president of ACTEX, an actuarial learning company, shares the company's history, development, and vision for the future.