Description: Update of RSC members, planned activities for 2018, retirement 20/20 for public sector plans.

Description: Highlights of the Smaller Insurance Company Section's significant contributions at recent Society of Actuaries' events

Description: Building on the Part 1 article, Introduction to the Representative Scenarios Method, this article describes testing the methodology with respect to four product types, fixed indexed annuities with GLIBs, level term life insurance, universal life with secondary guarantees, and variable annuities with GLWBs. This Part 2 article describes testing results, refinements to the RSM methodology, and next steps.

Description: This is an article about group long-term care insurance.

Description: The appeal of the actuarial profession to women.

Description: This article sheds light on the various ways machine learning can uncover patterns within data to add unique value and insights to businesses.

Description: An article that addresses the question: Do actuaries, the experts in future cost analysis, have a public responsibility to independently study the adequacy and costs of health care proposals?

Description: Discussion of FinTech including PIMCO research on 401(k) use of managed accounts and observations about cybersecurity, genetic data, and retirement spend down.

Description: A discussion about the section’s accomplishments including research activities, professional development and benefits of being a member of the section.

Description: Mental health spending has reached $147 billion in the United States with demand only increasing greatly impacting society as nearly 1 in 5 experience these issues. There are even more indirect costs associated with mental health causing a national crisis surpassing 1 percent of the GDP. These costs coupled with the severe lack of licensed clinicians calls for an innovative solution. Through years of development and completion of a randomized controlled trial, Prevail has built and validated a low-cost, scalable solution. Prevail's clinically proven digital mental health treatment provides increased access to care while reducing overall health costs. Private and public payors should being reimbursing this model and offering it to their members.