Description: The chair of the Long-Term Care Section notes activities of the section and thanks members for their participation.

Description: Shortsighted goals may seem expedient at the time, but long-term success is not found by following the crowd.

Description: This article outlines the activities of the Health Benefit Systems Practice Advancement Committee HBSPAC.

Description: Describes the process for getting published in academic journals for non-academic authors focusing on health care journals

Description: This article discusses the shift of capital in the 1980s from traditional Whole Life Insurance to Universal Life, Term, Variable products and Managed Care. Restructuring in the insurance industry presents challenges and opportunities for actuaries. The author exhorts actuaries to be part of the solution by updating actuarial science and expanding into new areas.

Description: This article summarizes the results of a Delphi study amoung SOA Futurism Section members about the actuarial profession and the U.S. economy and other matters in the years 2010 and 2050.

Description: A Mexican actuary discusses his career, the challenges of different insurance markets in different cultures, the value of sharing knowledge across countries and across professions, and the latest public policy regarding solvency models.

Description: Read about the progression of SOA's ongoing research projects such as the “Actuarial Aspects of Continuing Care Retirement Communities project and the “Interest Sensitive Cash Flow and Analysis” project. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 2

Description: Joe Wurzburger, Staff Fellow at the SOA, shares his views and insights about the health care industry in general and the Health Section's role in particular.

Description: In the past months, as COVID-19 has forced the reduced activity in the U.S. economy there has been some very substantial, but varied effects on the U.S. healthcare system. There is a lot of potential for confusion amongst providers and patients with regards to decisions related to which services ought to be rendered and which ought to be deferred. Two specific agencies – the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) have put together some guidance to add more clarity towards what types of services should be provided and what types ought to be deferred. In addition, this paper includes a discussion on what types of services are most likely to be deferred, and which ones will accrue pent-up demand to be released when many of the deferred services become available again.