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  • ASOPs and Unfair Discrimination
    ASOPs and Unfair Discrimination Remarks on the pricing of joint LTC policies illustrate the need for an actuary's responsibility to the law, and to best practices, to take precendence ...

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    • Authors: David Hippen
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance
  • Using Deterministic Scenarios to Test Valuation Reserves for Universal Life
    Using Deterministic Scenarios to Test Valuation Reserves for Universal Life From the 1985 Valuation Actuary Symposium A review of the process involved in making an actuarial opinion and in ...

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    • Authors: Dennis Carr, Michael R Tuohy
    • Date: Jan 1985
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Responses to “Bad Grooming”
    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Responses to “Bad Grooming” A compilation of reader responses is presented to a real life situation posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision. This ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2019
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem
    Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem This article discusses challenges that short-term predictions have on actuaries' reputations, both as individuals and as a profession, ...

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    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • Pension Plan Principles and Practices
    Pension Plan Principles and Practices A presentation of various views on establishing principles and practices for pension plan construction and valuation, in light of the passage of the Pension ...

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    • Authors: Thomas P Bleakney, Thomas M Malloy, Robert W McCarty, Daniel F McGinn, Blackburn H Hazlehurst
    • Date: Mar 1975
    • Competency: Leadership>Professional network leverage; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy
  • Too Busy to Not Have Governance in Place
    Too Busy to Not Have Governance in Place A brief discussion on the importance of governance and documentation being in place. The article provides some resources to assist in the development, and ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Dec 2022
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • April Webinar Topic: ASOP Exposure Draft on Setting Assumptions
    April Webinar Topic: ASOP Exposure Draft on Setting Assumptions Based on April webinar, develops nine guidelines for setting assumptions. Standards of practice;Product development;Principle-based ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • The Actuary August/September 2014
    The Actuary August/September 2014 The August/September 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication. Actuarial publication;actuary;The Actuary 6442456987 8/ ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Appointed Actuary Opinion and Memorandum Issues
    Appointed Actuary Opinion and Memorandum Issues This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses opinion and memorandum issues facing the appointed actuary including the criteria ...

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    • Authors: Daniel J Kunesh, Meredith Ratajczak, Paul Wharram
    • Date: Jan 1993
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Public Policy
  • The Actuary February/March 2016
    The Actuary February/March 2016 The February/March 2016 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication. Actuarial publication;actuary;The Actuary 6442466926 2/1/ ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership; Leadership>Mentoring; Professional Values; Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers; Public Policy
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