Description: Presents a summary of the results of the Economic Assumptions Guidance Task Force survey regarding use of economic assumptions in insurance modeling.

Description: This is an article by outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Bruce D. Schobel, reflecting on the Society's accomplishments over the past year and looking ahead at its future plans.

Description: The hot days of summer are upon us and, with it, the inevitable reference to the dog days of August. All over North America this year, summer began early with heat waves, heat alerts, smog alerts and hurricane and tornado warnings. Admittedly, this is not very encouraging news for our society which is concerned with preservation of life, quality of life and conservation of property. Accordingly, it is a challenge for our profession that prides itself on its ability to accurately calculate the financial impact of natural or catastrophic events on society at large. The Actuary Magazine August 2005

Description: Discusses what triggered the Morris review, what it found, and what it might mean to the actuarial profession in the UK.

Description: Discussion of developments with regards to addressing major medical care needs since 1959, including the passage of Medicare.

Description: This article reviews the results of the first SOA study of large medical claims, defined as claims greater than $25,000.

Description: Discusses the influences that foreign economies have on the U.S. economy and the risks that those influences create for the U.S. life insurance industry.

Description: An opinion about the consolidation of actuarial organizations.

Description: Enterprise Risk Management incorporates integrated risk management due to the fact that the majority of company failures result from multiple correlated causes. Sites findings from Mercer study

Description: September’s Actuary contained an excellent summary by Drew Davidoff of renewal rating for small group medical business. Among the techniques he describes are age, sex, and area rating, experience rating using credibility, experience rating using tiers, examination of the diagnoses in the claim file, and initial and reentry medical underwriting.