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  • Appropriate Standards for Profit Margins
    surplusto an individualpolicy, enoughsurplusto take care of the fact that you'll probably be paying out more ... businessand assume that the tail is just going to take care of itself. So when you're measuring surplus,you ...

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    • Authors: Stephen P D'Arcy, Charles McClenahan, Oakley E Van Slyke
    • Date: Apr 1994
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Public Policy
  • New Investments and New Investment Strategies
    certain liabilities. Other forms of hedging are more direct. Standby liquidity facilities are specifi- cally ... measures of asset/liabillty appropriateness and direct feedback on the required surplus effects. The ...

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    • Authors: Peter F Chapman, Peter Hepokoski, Kurt J Laning, Peter Noris, M James Barry
    • Date: Apr 1987
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Mergers and Acquisitions in Emerging Markets
    because Munich Re is a reinsurer, and yet it bought a direct stake in Suramericana, which is the largest insurance ... remember the Aergo Group in Europe, which is a direct writer, too. MR. SALAZAR: But in Latin America ...

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    • Authors: Elisa M Wever, William R Horbatt, Camilo Salazar, David A. Chalfin, Samuel R Coleman, Gary P Timin, Richard de Haan
    • Date: May 2005
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Global Perspectives>Multinational companies
  • Corporate Governance of Investments: Avoiding the Next Class-Action Suit?
    area are all involved. Why do we care about corporate governance? We care because we want to make sure ... focuses on general account allocations. This is the primary law that monitors fairness and equity with regard ...

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    • Authors: William P Chirolas, Susan M Ende, Paul J L'Italien, Ronald Jay Rubnich, Michael Roch
    • Date: Oct 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Equity-Indexed Products: Managing the Beast
    change in some underlying base. Delta is the primary greek. You've probably heard the term "delta ... market goes up or down, I lose money. This is in direct contrast to the kappa or gamma number, which ...

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    • Authors: Anson Glacy, Stephen Stone, Jeffrey J Lobo, Andrew S Chow
    • Date: Oct 1998
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities; Finance & Investments
  • Frequently Overlooked Topics in Solvency Testing
    communities are responsible. It establishes a primary earthquake insurance program and a federal reinsurance ... is, does it have control over its sales force? A direct writer will have control over its sales force, ...

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    • Authors: Joanne Balling, Laurie Blank, Steven Dreyer, Diana Monteith
    • Date: Apr 1994
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Global Investing
    itself. We no doubt have many actuaries whose primary interest is with pension funds while others focus ... these portfolios? First of all, Portfolio 1, is the direct investment in long Canada bonds. Our second portfolio ...

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    • Authors: James A Creighton, Anthony Dardis, Blake R Grossman
    • Date: Oct 1990
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Global Perspectives
  • Communications Between The Actuary And The Investment Officer And His Department
    real good suggestions other than to say that the primary way to do it is to make the incentives for the ... communications process has to be finely tuned. I will direct my comments on portfolio management at the timeliness ...

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    • Authors: John F Guthrie, Victor C Moses, James R Senn, Robert H Stapleford, G Scott Sadler
    • Date: May 1989
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Liquidity Standards - the Regulatory Aspects
    liquidity profile. MS. LAURA B. ROSENTHAL: The primary goal of the Academy’s Life Liquidity Work Group ... American’s problem. That came as the result of a direct request from the superintendent at the time, Neil ...

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    • Authors: Mark Greene, Laura B Rosenthal, Daniel P Fox
    • Date: Jun 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Premiums and Promises: An Investment Perspective
    An Investment Perspective Track: Long-Term Care, Investment Moderator: MARK D. NEWTON Panelists: ... in investing for, pricing or valuing long-term-care (LTC) insurance. The panel discusses how to analyze ...

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    • Authors: Mark Newton, Larry Rubin, Richard B Pitbladdo, Marco A Bravo
    • Date: May 2004
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance