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  • The Process of Premium Formulation
    describe a typical procedure for establishing the primary actuarial assumptions that must be made before ... erations that involve minimal competition, the primary effort often is only one of setting the commissions ...

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    • Authors: Harry Ploss, Robert Shapiro
    • Date: Oct 1982
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Instant Issue for Life Insurance Products
    case. If we look at that same situation under a direct response, that expectancy gets a little bit tighter ... sensitivity to the placement of that case. By direct response we mean Internet sales as well as a ...

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    • Authors: Edward A Turner, Charlotte A Lee, Bill L Moore, James A Fritz
    • Date: May 1999
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • A New Look at Reinsurers and Term
    Smaller Insurance Company Section Newsletter Direct writers have increasingly faced a“hardening” market ... has created an unprecedented environment between direct writers and reinsurers. At the SOA meeting in October ...

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    • Authors: W Howell Pugh
    • Date: Jun 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • The Process of Premium Formulation
    describe a typical proce- dure for establishing the primary actuarial assumptions that must be made before ... operations that involve minimal competition, the primary effort often is only one of setting the com- missions ...

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    • Authors: Robert Shapiro
    • Date: Jan 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • U.S. Ordinary Mortality 'Improvements' and Their Interpretation
    attributable to an underlying secular change in mortality. Care should thus be taken not to "double-dip" (that ... individually underwritten business to facilitate direct comparison. Otherwise, comparisons with inter- ...

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    • Authors: Jess L Mast
    • Date: Jan 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Report on the Survey of Older Age Mortality And Other Assumptions
    ................................ 40 Long-Term Care Insurance _________________________________________________ ... fully underwritten life insurance and long-term care insurance Note: The survey request also included ...

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    • Authors: Timothy Rozar, RGA Reinsurance Company Middle East Limited
    • Date: Jun 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Underwriting - Life Insurance
  • Financial Integration of the Pricing Process
    THE PRICING PROCESS managers have at least some direct control and influence. The asset allocation decision ... investment department? Historically, I imagine the primary criterion was acquisition yield. What do assets ...

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    • Authors: William Britton, Robert McClester, Philip Polkinghorn, Richard L Sega
    • Date: Apr 1990
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Highlights of May 2013 Life & Annuity Symposium
    that reinsurance is ceded to affiliates of the direct companies. This means twenty- eight percent of ... average select period was shorter for Long- Term Care companies as compared to Life compa- nies (comparison ...

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    • Authors: James Filmore, Kurt Guske
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance
  • Impact of the 1980's on the Surplus Distribution Practices of Mutual Companies
    will it take? 4. Will any outside group exert a direct influence on a Company's dividend practices in ... and make them less obvious. But after mandated direct disclosure of the bulk of those expenses, that ...

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    • Authors: Robert D Hogue, Donald B Maier, Richard M Stenson, Thomas C Sutton
    • Date: Apr 1980
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Setting Assumptions in a Changing World
    that of direct expense versus overhead expense. Those names almost speak for themselves: direct expense ... those expenses with growth, whereas, additional direct expenses are asso- ciated with new volume. As ...

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    • Authors: Michael Aloisio, G Boyd, Douglas French, Jeffrey Harper, Wilford A Leonard
    • Date: Apr 1987
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance