Description: Highlights of two 2018 health events organized by the Colombian Association of Actuaries and sponsored by the Colombian Government. Seminar on Risk Adjustment and Predictive Modeling in Health. Seminar on Risk Management for the Health Insurers

Description: In this paper, we shine a light on the global public health epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV). This first paper presents background information on the problem with a focus on health and economic impacts for the actuarial audience

Description: This session discussion is about AIDS regulation, mortality, morbidity trends, underwriting techniques, methodology, cost considerations, medical diagnosis and treatment advances. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1987 Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Discusses types and methods of analysis of morbidity experience, reserves, and policy form drafting issues.

Description: This article is illustrates the implications of the managed care organization MCO risk based capital RBC formula adopted by NAIC and compares it to the health organization risk based capital HORBC formula. From The Actuary, Nov 1997, Vol. 31, Issue 9

Description: Ignite presentations feature speakers with 20 slides which automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast and fun presentation which lasts just five minutes. The first portion of this session will feature public health experts doing Ignite presentations with particular focus on social determinants and health disparities. Then stick around for the second portion when all of the presenters take part in a moderated, talk show-style discussion. You'll get a chance to ask your questions and dig deeper into the topics you just heard about. Be prepared for a fast-paced, thought-provoking session that you'll remember long after it ends!

Description: Presented at the Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. In India, the prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases has been increasing tremendously. This spurt of diseases and the resultant morbidity is severely affecting the quality of life of the elderly. The problem is compounded by a medical and health care infrastructure which is inadequate to meet the challenge. This paper analyzes and estimates, using actuarial tools, the effect on the economy with particular focus on the present and future elderly segment of the population, identifies opportunities for insurers to address the situation, and suggests remedial measures to deal with the situation. Medico-actuarial studies in this area will also be covered.

Description: This session discusses the benefits of actuarial involvement in understand. Topics include current methods [such as teleunderwriting, use of pharmacy data] and the benefit versus cost of using various underwriting tools. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 22

Description: Attendees learn the most important advances in medical science and current research that may lead to additional breakthroughs. Potential effects of those advances on life insurance products and the life insurance industry are explored. Includes a presentation of neural net applications to enhance life-table methodologies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 1, Session 16.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting focuses on AIDS including an update on the epidemic and discussion about the actuarial implication of four case studies.