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  • Interpersonal Skills and People Management: Actually, There’s More
    Interpersonal Skills and People Management: Actually, There’s More Business leadership lessons from non-business ...

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    • Authors: Eli Amdur
    • Date: Oct 2018
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics
  • The Age Wave, the Ocean State, and Long-Term Care
    the Ocean State, and Long-Term Care Rhode Island’s unique “global Medicaid waiver” pursues a potentially ... seriously damage the state’s social safety net. To maximize the global waiver’s opportunity, minimize its ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Moses
    • Date: Dec 2009
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Long-term Care>Medical expenses; Long-term Care>Public financing - Long-term Care; Long-term Care>Long-term care facilities & home care; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid
  • Actuarial Student Programs
    communication skills. As the recruiter for MassMutual’s Actuarial Student Program, I get the opportunity to ... highlight the value a student program can bring to one’s professional development. Professional Development;Interpersonal ...

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    • Authors: Mark Sayre, Mark Spong, Angela McShane, Amanda Hug
    • Date: Nov 2015
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Actuary of the Future
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • A Portfolio Approach to Retirement Income Security
    of their Social Security benefits or buying an annuity, but in the process, they’ll reduce the amount ... dividend income • Buying a guaranteed lifetime annuity from an insurance com- pany (think of it as a ...

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    • Authors: Steven Vernon
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Persuasive communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Annuities>Fixed annuities; Annuities>Individual annuities; Annuities>Investment strategy - Annuities; Demography>Longevity; Economics>Behavioral economics; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans
  • How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects
    sales and accelerate the growth of your business. Let’s start with the end. You actually have prospects when: ... You are talking to decision-makers; Your company’s products/services are potential solutions to the clients’ ...
    • Date: May 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Actuaries and the Growth Mindset
    at it.” In this article I aim to apply Dr. Dweck`s observations to actuaries. ACTUARIES I would argue ... percent of FSAs (fellow of the Society of Actuaries— U.S. qualification) or FIAs (fellow of the Institute ...

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    • Authors: Ronald Poon-Affat
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Persuasive communication; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Qualifications
  • From the Editors
    From the Editors “Academic Actuaries” is a new column that has been added to the Independent ... long ago. Are you keeping your professional New Year’s resolutions? What were they? Perhaps, find out about ...
    • Authors: Carlos Sanchez-Fuentes, Stephen James
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards
    • Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Traditional careers
  • Designing and Communicating Retirement Plans for "Humans"
    in their DC plans, offering both investing and annuity solutions, and integrating with Social Security ... income from Social Security, pensions and/or an annuity, optimal solu- tions would invest remaining assets ...

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    • Authors: Steven Vernon
    • Date: May 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Persuasive communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Annuities>Fixed annuities; Annuities>Individual annuities; Demography>Longevity; Economics>Behavioral economics; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation
  • ERM in Five Words Part 1: Resilience, Transparency
    any, U.S. firms will actually publically describe their risk management activities. In the U.S., publically ... and rein- surance are included, but few, if any, U.S. firms will actually publically describe their risk ...

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    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks
  • The Sustainability of the New American Entitlement: Actuarial Values and the ACA
    ENTITLEMENTS While not necessarily comprehensive, the table below illustrates a history of major entitlement ... legislation in the United States. As suggested in the table, American public assistance and social insurance ...

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    • Authors: Gregory Fann
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Persuasive communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: In The Public Interest
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Economics>Financial markets; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability