Description: Read the October 2017 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: An actuarial model that provides financial incentives to providers to offer patients an approach that can reverse chronic disease and reduce health care costs

Description: The article gives actuaries an introduction to Academy Health, the notable health policy research organization.

Description: Presentation from the 41st Actuarial Research Conference held on August 10-12, 2006 in Montreal, Canada. Fuzzy set theory is incorporated into times series analysis, giving fuzzy parameter estimates of models such as ARMA and GARCH. Examples are given, including returns on a stock and option valuation.

Description: A summary of potential future software-induced changes to the insurance industry, with a particular emphasis on machine vision technologies.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 3 provides the author's comments on Health Maintenance Organizations and describes an opportunity for actuaries to apply as service providers to this developing industry.

Description: The actuarial techniques actuaries use in financial security systems can be adapted to provide valuation of potential corporate environmental liabilities.

Description: An interview with Joe Gilmour to share his views on the future innovations in underwriting that will help grow the individual life insurance business.

Description: Summary of SOA research report "Optimizing Risk Retention" which applies parametric survival models and Monte Carlo simulation to a block of term life business.

Description: Overview of evolving industry trends and examples of how life insurers in Canada are innovating.