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  • A New Contingency Consumer Price Index
    (Continues on page 7) Septemhar, 1 ‘X8 1’ II E A C T U A R Y Page Seven Consumer Price Index Q (Conrinued ... index is “The Consumer Price Index, All Items, U. S., 1957-59=100” with the reference to the ‘57-‘59 ...

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    • Authors: John H Biggs
    • Date: Sep 1968
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Economics>Financial economics
  • What is the Scope of Model Validation?
    I work for a European company with a U.S. Life and Annuity division, which means we fall under the ... testing. Other sensitivity examples are having mortality swings 5 percent up/down, lapse rates up/ down ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, James McClure
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Lending Expertise to Help Nonprofit Agency
    Lending Expertise to Help Nonprofit Agency Details of an actuary’s project to help a ... Expertise to Help Nonprofit Agency Details of an actuary’s project to help a local nonprofit agency improve its ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Roger Rosales
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care quality; Technology & Applications>Business intelligence
  • Development of New Valuation Law for Life Insurers
    Development of New Valuation Law for Life Insurers ... Reports on the Florida winter meeting of the NAIC’s Life and Health Actuarial Task Force, LHATF, regarding ...

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    • Authors: Walter Rugland
    • Date: Mar 1987
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Operation De-Risk: Creative Arrangements for Sharing Risks
    and the accrued capital must be used to buy an annuity at retire- ment. In recent years, however, a ... employee. On retirement, instead of purchasing an annuity for retiring members, benefits are typically ...

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    • Authors: JOHN ANDREW TURNER, Conrad Ferguson, Mark Anthony Macharia
    • Date: Jun 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Hybrid plans
  • Controlling Our Behavior
    simplified issue term insurance market. A mortality table is carefully chosen. A couple of years into ... quarterly financials of the company contain a poor mortality result for this line of business. In preparing ...

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    • Authors: Mark Griffin
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Philosophistry?
    Philosophistry? This is the second report, entitled Philosophies in the Computation ... Dissemination of Dividend Illustrations, of the Society’s Committee on Cost Comparison Methods and Related Issues ...

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    • Authors: Robert G Boeckner
    • Date: May 1975
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance
  • Quantifying Pandemic Risk
    potential impact that specific types of adverse mortality and morbidity risk—such as a pandemic— may ... Services (HHS).1 These scenarios provide both mortality and morbidity estimates that are useful for ...

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    • Authors: Nita Madhav, James Fullam
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • New Era - Regulator Outlines Changes In Financial Services Industry
    New Era - Regulator Outlines Changes In Financial Services Industry A regulator's ... Changes In Financial Services Industry A regulator's perspective on the changing insurance and financial ...

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    • Authors: Jose Montemayor
    • Date: Oct 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Change management; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Global Perspectives; Public Policy; Public Policy
  • Lessons Learned by a Life Actuary Who Wandered Away and Came Back Again
    Lessons Learned by a Life Actuary Who Wandered Away and Came Back Again The guest editorial ... editorial details some valuable lessons during the author’s career as an employee benefits (mostly retirement) ...

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    • Authors: Christine Hofbeck
    • Date: Apr 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics