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Should You Have a Chief Skeptical Officer?
Should You Have a Chief Skeptical Officer? Many call this the sub-prime crisis, but risky mortgages ... to have full access to this person, but the primary focus should be on educating and advising the ...- Authors: Max Rudolph
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
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Seven Simple Lessons on the Mortgage Crisis from Two Actuaries
Seven Simple Lessons on the Mortgage Crisis from Two Actuaries In this mortgage crisis, it ... Comprehend and Evaluate the Risk Being Accepted from a Primary Marketplace. There have been instances where ...- Authors: John Pierce, Randy J Roth
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Retirement Section News
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Systemic risk
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Bubbles, Cycles and Insurers' ERM - What Just Happened?
Bubbles, Cycles and Insurers' ERM - What Just Happened? Interest rates rose from 2004 ... regulated than investment banks. The insurers who had direct losses (AIG, Swiss Re and XL) sustained them ...- Authors: Paul J Kneuer
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
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An Industry in Question, A Profession with Answers
An Industry in Question, A Profession with Answers The central question is that of viability. Specifically, ... auto manufacturers) and recapitalize through direct investment from the U.S. Treasury. It has also ...- Authors: James Ramenda
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Financial Reporting & Accounting
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Transparency and Liability Valuation
Transparency and Liability Valuation Here we are led to draw a distinction between “wild” markets ... to the liability) would then be recorded as a direct charge against equity. Future changes in valuation ...- Authors: Philip E Heckman
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
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Actuaries Would Have Made a Difference
Actuaries Would Have Made a Difference In the current financial markets turmoil, it is tempting ... exists, such as pension obligations, long-term care insurance and lawsuit liability. They frequently ...- Authors: W James MacGinnitie
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Actuarial Profession
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Risk Management: Buyer Beware!
Risk Management: Buyer Beware! With the possible exception of full faith and credit debts ... approach already exists in the world of insurance. A direct writer may cede reinsurance but may not release ...- Authors: Application Administrator
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
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An Ideal Crisis
An Ideal Crisis Modern economies are based on the premise that all the main players look ... probability of insolvency sufficiently low so that the direct and indirect damage caused by insol- vency is set ...- Authors: Shane Francis Whelan
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
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There is No Free Lunch
There is No Free Lunch This crisis first started with subprime loans and quickly morphed into a ... securitization market. The investors, who have a direct interest in the performance of the underlying ...- Authors: Daniel Hui
- Date: Dec 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Risk Management
- Topics: Economics
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The Financial Crisis: Why Won’t We Use the F-[raud] Word?
The Financial Crisis: Why Won’t We Use the F-[raud] Word? This essay examines the root causes ... Lessons Learned for Insurers.”3 The project placed primary blame on the key assumption utilized both by ...- Authors: Louise A Francis
- Date: Jan 2011
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Systemic risk; Public Policy