Description: This article is about the relationship of brand advertising to direct marketing and how to bridge the gap.

Description: This article discusses the comparative results from the SOA Mortality Table Structure survey. From Reinsurance Section News, November 2007, Issue No. 61.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) commissioned Milliman to develop this report to provide health care stakeholders—patients, payers, policymakers and actuaries—with a comprehensive description of DPC as well as an objective actuarial evaluation of certain claims made about the DPC model of care.

Description: In the face of declining response rates from direct mail campaigns, the author suggests use of the internet to generate leads will be much more efficient and successful.

Description: This is an article about The 5th Annual Forum's Institutional sponsored by the Society of Actuaries, LIMRA, Target Marketing magazine, Best's Review, and "Insurance Newscast." From News Direct, June 2007, Issue No. 56.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. Noting that in today's direct-response marketplace, the consensus is that there are a lot of problems, and some promises, but little, if any, profitability, the panelists discuss long-term care, dread disease, and return of premium [ROP] products, and targeting profitability through research. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.

Description: Can Direct-to-Provider Contracting Achieve Value-Based Care for Employer-Sponsored Plans? Direct-to-provider contracting is a strategy in which a self-insured entity negotiates a contract directly with a provider of healthcare services rather than through a third-party administrator (TPA), often with the goal of driving value-based care. This article discusses the considerations for employers and providers with direct-to-provider contracting.

Description: An examination of past Flaspohler Survey data to identify drivers of direct writer satisfaction with reinsurers.

Description: Discussion of ways direct marketers have beaten recessions in the recent past and suggestions for beating this recession.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) commissioned Milliman to develop this report to provide health care stakeholders—patients, payers, policymakers and actuaries—with a comprehensive description of DPC as well as an objective actuarial evaluation of certain claims made about the DPC model of care.