Description: This model arose from a project to evaluate the cost of a health care access' program to provide comprehensive medical care to uninsureds in Minnesota, for the Minnesota Health Care Access Commission. The project was to provide estimates of the impact on per-person and aggregate costs for various participation percentages in the access program. In order to evaluate those costs, the antiselection model described in this was developed. Of note, this was the ACTUARIAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FUND 1991 PRACTITIONERS AWARD WINNER. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, VOL. 2.

Description: This report describes two methods, an observation-based analysis and an actual to model analysis, to analyze long-term care insurance experience to determine if calendar year trends exist.

Description: This report describes the results of a survey on reflecting risk in pricing. The survey expands on one conducted in 2003 and was expanded to include life, health, P&C, and non-North American insurance companies.

Description: This is the A Review of the Demography of Retirement in the United States paper authored by Jacob S. Siegel for Session 2B of the January 13-15, 2020 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: Excel file containing extracts of utilization and costs for chiropractic and acupunture - continuously enrolled population. From a research project examining the utility of standard eligibility and claims extracts for complementary and alternative medical therapies - CAM analysis.

Description: Excel file containing extracts of utilization and costs for chiropractic and acupunture - visit and service date detail. From a research project examining the utility of standard eligibility and claims extracts for complementary and alternative medical therapies - CAM analysis.

Description: This section presents book reviews and summarizes recent publications: 'Equitable Assurances' by Ogborn, 'Fulfilling Pension Expectations' by McGill, 'Voluntary Health Insurance and Rate Making' by MacIntyre, 'Prepayment for Medical and Dental Care in New York State...' by State of New York, 'Financing Health Care of the Aged, Part I' by Blue Cross, 'The Second Report of the Ontario Committee on Portable Pensions' by Gathercole and MacGregor, 'Economics of Unemployment Compensation' by Princeton University, 'The Investment Process as Characterized by Leading Life Insurance Companies' by Walter. Some digests also included.

Description: A research project with the Society of Actuaries on interest rate hedging on traditional life and health insurance.

Description: This project shows how to use agent-based models to simulate the behaviors of agents in complex health systems.

Description: Excel file containing extracts of utilization and costs for chiropractic and acupunture - by diagnosis. From a research project examining the utility of standard eligibility and claims extracts for complementary and alternative medical therapies - CAM analysis.