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  • 2001 CSO and The Small Company—More Effort Than You Might Think
    to conduct asset adequacy analysis raises two primary concerns for small life in- surers: • What kind ... companies in this position, there are cur- rently two primary methods to address the issue today: • Do nothing: ...

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    • Authors: Michael Taht
    • Date: Nov 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • A Practical Guide to Obtaining Reinsurance
    relationship with their reinsurer. Reinsurers, like their direct company counter- parts, must answer to their owners ... is sold (i.e., what distribution channel is —- direct market, brokers, career agents...) Smaller insurance ...

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    • Authors: Tamora Kapeller
    • Date: Nov 2004
    • Competency: Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance
  • AG CCC Causes Rethink of ROP Term
    which could reduce reinsurance opportunities for direct writers. Also, the calculation of CVs is standardized ... benefit that is easy for producers to sell and direct writers to administer. The pattern of percentage ...

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    • Authors: George J Hrischenko
    • Date: Jun 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life
  • Reflections on 1991
    Inter-member communication of this type was a primary reason why the Section was started, and I think ... stand their reasoning, I have never seen this as a primary objective. We tried many times over the early years ...

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    • Authors: Robert H Dreyer
    • Date: Sep 1999
    • Competency: Leadership>Professional network leverage
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations
  • Relevant Industry Mortality Experience and Guaranteed Issue Mortality
    an association group or other group used in a direct-to-consumer context but could not be based on ... table is most relevant to GI life insurance sold direct-to-consumer for less than 25 units (each unit repre- ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • A Mixed M&A Bag In The First Half of 2004: A Look At Insurance Company Activity
    ...8 Asset Adequacy Analysis for the Long Term Care Product: A Case Study by Amy Pahl ............. ... Health’s fixed annuity block ($38.0 million). • Health Care Service Corp.’s acquisition of Omaha Life Insurance ...

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    • Authors: Robert Shapiro, Peter W Mattingly
    • Date: Nov 2004
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital markets; Enterprise Risk Management>Portfolio management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks
  • Letter From the Editor
    Letter From the Editor Letter from the editor highlighting the articles in the December 2018 edition ... and other topics. Health insurance and long-term care insurance have their own pages. The organization ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Critical Illness Insurance – The Opportunity Product for Companies Large and Small
    financial protection vehicle. Employer health care cost trends continue at unsustainable, albeit reduced ... Associates in Washington, while pri- vate health care cost trends continue in the 7 to 8 percent range ...

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    • Authors: Sheila Matheson
    • Date: Jun 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance
  • Budget Proposals Bode Well for Annuities
    Budget Proposals Bode Well for Annuities Discusses current federal budget proposals that may impact ... have sent forth their proposals. Good news. No direct attacks on people who are saving for retirement ...

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    • Authors: Thomas F Streiff
    • Date: May 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Annuities
  • Access to Reinsurance by Smaller Insurance Companies
    total assets; • New business ceded 2007 – 2009; • Direct and ceded in-force as of 12/31/2009; • Maximum ... results were presented, when 91 percent of the direct writ- ers in attendance indicated they have had ...

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    • Authors: W Michael Reese
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Reinsurance