Description: What can the United States learn from other countries' health care systems? How are other countries more efficient? We selected five countries that have been among those debated as having some of the most efficient health care systems to explore what the United States can learn from these examples.

Description: This article summarizes a recent session at an SOA meeting that presented tips on improving and speeding the product filing process.

Description: In session 120 PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting panelists discuss new developments and strategies related to provider contracting. What changes in the risk-sharing arrangements are occurring? What contracting methodologies have been successful and what ones have not? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000. Traditional methods of managing medical costs that were effective in the past might no longer be worth the same level of investment. This session addresses new strategies that are being developed for tomorrow.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting covers group insurance underwriting and selection issues including self insurance, financial results of group insurers, the underwriting and selection issues involving nontraditional group benefit programs, and techniques for monitoring the underwriting policy.

Description: This 1990 Valuation Actuary Symposium session is an open forum on short-term and intermediate risks in health insurance today. This forum will also discuss HMOs and the valuation actuary.

Description: A discussion about regulators, lawmakers, actuaries and insurers working together to keep health insurance costs affordable to the consumer but also profitable enough for insurers to continue to offer the product.

Description: The diary of Dirk Nieder, an actuary who traveled in Asia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, tying in what he saw in asia countries and developments from the west.

Description: The article offers a more nuanced approach to caregiving as the population ages, suggesting our current focus on planning leaves out most people. Instead find solutions for non-planners!

Description: Summary in Simplified Chinese