Description: This article argues that during boom times, it is virtually impossible to get regulators to oppose politicians who are being lobbied by financial services organizations, thus a bubble expands and a bust is inevitable.

Description: Part One of a three part discussion of A Social Security System for the 21st Century, this part focuses the broader international, social, political, cultural and economic trends that will govern the viability and sustainability of a social security system in the 21st century.

Description: This article contains a condensed summary and excerpt from the fourth white paper in the Commercial Health Care: What’s Next? series.

Description: Article discussing financial reporting topics discussed at the International Actuarial Association meeting in Washington D.C. in April.

Description: This article discusses future benchmarks of Medicare and Medicare's rising costs and its relativity to the actuarial profession.

Description: The year 1990 was marked by a major tax increase for life insurance companies, introducing the DAC tax, with the passage of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. This paper refers to documentation that provides a clear consice summary of the 1990 Tax Act.

Description: Projecting start-up capital requirements for Health care co-ops and public plans

Description: Discussion of the impact of the ACA on RBS and required surplus for a health plan

Description: A discussion of life insurance securitizations and how they can be structured to provide surplus relief associated with onerous reserve requirements.

Description: Report highlighting some income tax legislative and litigation issues for insurance companies in 1962