Description: This article discusses a study of the impact of the drug infliximab on Crohn's disease patients. This study had been approved in response to an SOA request for proposals for research on the health cost and utilization effects of a specific prescription drug.

Description: In the last research column, the Research Expanding Boundaries Pool (REX Pool) was discussed, and it was noted that it is now open for business. Since that time, applications from the first round of the pool have been reviewed. In total, the Research Executive Committee (REC) received 17 applications for funding, totaling over $900,000. After much deliberation, the REC allocated its 2012 REX Pool budget of $400,000 to seven diverse ideas that will become new SOA-sponsored (or cosponsored) research projects.

Description: Describes SOA sponsorship and how to access data from the Understanding America Survey.

Description: Recognizing an opportunity to help serve its members in this age of increased financial oversight, the Health Section of the Society of Actuaries commissioned a series of guides on the use of statistical techniques specifically geared for the work of health actuaries. From Health Watch Newsletter, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: This article memorializes Hubert Mueller, a close friend and colleague of the Risk Management section.

Description: This abstract describes a report that studies the social media response to three extreme tornado outbreaks in the Midwest United States.

Description: This paper describes the intent and selection process for papers to be presented at the annual ERM Symposium. From 2006 Enterprise risk Management Symposium, M-AS06-1.

Description: This article is a recap of the 2010 ERM symposium and the paper awards.

Description: This article talks about forging relationships between Health actuaries and CMS. Issue No. 60