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  • An Economic Analysis of Life Insurance Company Expenses
    An Economic Analysis of Life Insurance Company Expenses This paper estimates the acquisition and maintenance costs associated with life policies as a function of the amount of insurance and ...

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    • Authors: DAN H SEGAL
    • Date: Aug 2000
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Expenses - Life Insurance
  • Let's Talk - Discussion Is Needed On Actuarial Assumptions, Consistency
    Let's Talk - Discussion Is Needed On Actuarial Assumptions, Consistency This article discusses the need for more coordination and consistency in assumption setting between the pricing ...

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    • Authors: Rachel M Hancock
    • Date: Oct 1997
    • Competency: Communication; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models
  • Using Relevant Experience Data to Increase Credibility and Reduce Margins
    Using Relevant Experience Data to Increase Credibility and Reduce Margins Describes a process for identifying relevant industry experience to credibility-weight with relevant company experience ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Marianne C Purushotham
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Considerations for Indexed Universal Life under PBR
    Considerations for Indexed Universal Life under PBR The article highlights key considerations as companies begin to reserve for their IUL products under PBR. principles-based reserves ...

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    • Authors: Ye Yang, Erzhe Zhang, Nicholas Dunn
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • The Economic Aspects of Life Insurance Backdating
    The Economic Aspects of Life Insurance Backdating Discusses the reasons for, and the economic impacts of, the backdating of life insurance policies, and what changes in the industry might evolve ...

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    • Authors: Krzysztof Ostaszewski, James M Carson, Christopher E Clark
    • Date: Jan 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Nested Stochastic Pricing: The Time Has Come
    Nested Stochastic Pricing: The Time Has Come The last few years have seen a dramatic change in the way that insurance products are priced. If we traveled back in time 15 to 20 years, we would see ...

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    • Authors: Craig Reynolds, Sai Man
    • Date: Jun 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Reflecting Risk In Pricing Survey
    Reflecting Risk In Pricing Survey This article discusses an update to a survey that focuses on how companies are trying to price for and understand the risks inherent in the products they sell.

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    • Authors: Donna Christine Megregian
    • Date: Jun 2011
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Alzheimer’s Disease as a Critical Illness Trigger: Does it Really Make Sense?
    Alzheimer’s Disease as a Critical Illness Trigger: Does it Really Make Sense? Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease as a potential Critical Illness insurance benefit trigger. Alzheimer's disease ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Rowley, Cyriac Kottoor
    • Date: Jun 2012
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Underwriting - Life Insurance
  • Then and Now
    Then and Now The author uses a reprint of an article from the very first edition of the “News from the Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Product Development Section” and assistance from the ...

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    • Authors: Paula Hodges
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Public Policy
  • Single Premium Decreasing Term Using Continuous Functions
    Single Premium Decreasing Term Using Continuous Functions This article compares computing a single premium for a decreasing term policy using continuous functions versus curtate functions.

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    • Authors: William H Lewis
    • Date: Jun 1968
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance