Description: Professional development opportunities from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: In this article, we discuss the future of wearable technology in life insurance. Evidence from recent research shows that low levels of physical activity, as measured by steps per day indicate much higher mortality risk while higher levels of activity correspond with lower risk. The article shares insights of how insurers can use wearables to innovate by improving the customer journey, expanding insurability, engaging customers, promoting healthy lifestyles and improving risk assessment. Lastly, we discuss the challenges and considerations when using new data and technology to ensure success.

Description: This article is a summary of a session at the SOA 1997 Annual Meeting that focused on opportunities for selling insurance and annuities through banks.

Description: This article discusses the fact that consumers at large do not know that banks sell life insurance. Banks are encouraged to develop a more focused strategy to increase awareness and sales.

Description: A recap of the first international reinsurance conference to take place in the Dominican Republic.

Description: In this era of high interest rates, business life insurance funded by individual level-premium life policies has become popular, even to the point of undertaking to compete with group insurance plans. The author discusses tests that a sound and adequate proposal has been made.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 3. This article discusses how the advantages of the General Agency system which existed prior to the 1970s have diminished materially. Therefore, European companies should be very cautious with any attempts to emulate the North American-type agency distribution system of the late 1980s.

Description: A convergence of forces has obsolesced virtually every element of the traditional paradigm of the U.S. life insurance business - the products sold, who sells them, and how they are sold. This article documents the decline in life insurance ownership and sales, and emerging trends - with the market being bifurcated into service intensive vs. commodity.

Description: Author cites examples of benefits of smaller companies.

Description: You’ve Sent Mail by Robert E. Winawer from NewsDirect Newsletter, January 2002, Issue No. 39. A short article about direct response marketing.