Description: Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an orderly or guided conduct of an enterprise to deal with risks. For insurers, ERM requires full support and commitment of the senior management. ERM in the U.S. and Canada has evolved over the years into a complex ecosystem.

Description: This is a summary of a multi-faceted research project focusing on how to help people better manage money when they no longer can. Article includes interviews with the three co-researchers. Research is focused on understanding when people need help and what actions will encourage them to make proper arrangements. Research includes focus on words and actions that lead to implementation of plans. The team is multi-disciplinary and the research included interviews with experts and individuals, focus groups, and a survey. The research was sponsored by the Society of Actuaries Aging and Retirement strategic research initiative.

Description: Enterprise risk management (ERM) is an orderly or guided conduct of an enterprise to deal with risks. For insurers, ERM requires full support and commitment of the senior management. ERM in the U.S. and Canada has evolved over the years into a complex ecosystem.

Description: The primary purposes of the study are the following: 1. Compare recent industry experience for individual life waiver of premium (ILWOP) insurance products to the claim incidence and claim termination rates from the 1952 SOA Disability Table; 2. Analyze actual-to-expected (A/E) claim incidence and claim termination ratios across key segments such as gender, attained age, etc.; 3. Develop an illustrative experience basis for calculating policy and claim reserves based on the results from the A/E studies; and 4. Compare reserves calculated using experience assumptions to the reserves calculated using the 1952 SOA Disability Table for an illustrative cohort of ILWOP business.

Description: In Memory of Theodore S. Rosky

Description: In Memory of Stuart M. Shotwell

Description: View the Introduction to General Insurance Exam - August 2022.

Description: This report, Phase 2 of a project on communicating pension risk, includes interviews with several individuals representing various aspects of plan administration: plan fiduciaries, finance professionals, consultants, and providers. The report provides a summary of each interview, concluding with common themes.

Description: Description * Coinsurance has not been widely offered as a benefit reduction option to offset long-term care premium rate increases. This article uses an illustrative example to evaluate the potential impact coinsurance could have on an insurance carrier's future claim liabilities and a policyholder's premium rates. It also explores various considerations insurance carriers, regulators, and policyholders should think about when evaluating whether coinsurance is the right option.