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  • Company Profitability and Risk Dashboards--A Tool in the Understanding and Management of Risk, Part 1
    visual comparisons of key metrics to the company's business plan. The Part 2 article will add information ... Predictive modeling;Management skills;Life insurance;Mortality risk;Lapses 6442471025 9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Marianne C Purushotham, Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance; Predictive Analytics
  • With Age Comes Wisdom:Understanding Maturity Extension Rider
    article examines potential impacts of old age mortality and how it affects maturity extension riders for ... for universal life. Universal life;Mortality risk;Longevity risk;Product development;Life reinsurance;Death ...

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    • Authors: Connie Cheng, Anji Li Zhao
    • Date: Mar 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch
    Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch Health Watch, Issue 79, ... Research;Cause-of-death mortality;Disability;Presenteeism;Absenteeism;Smoking and mortality;health care reform;actuarial ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; 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: Health Watch
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Technology & Applications>Computer science
  • Letter From the Chair
    Chicago, is currently focused on life insurance and annuity product development. He previously served on the ... to Juliet Sandrowicz who has been the MaD Section’s newsletter editor most of the last several years.
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • ReFocus 2018 – A “Predictable Surprise”
    MAY 2018 INTERNATIONAL NEWS | 9 Lifetime Annuity Income is the Key to Life By Ronald Klein Editor’s ... he (I) would have suggested a lifetime, payout annuity. While my grandmother would not have been able ...

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    • Authors: Ronald Klein
    • Date: May 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; 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; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Palliative Care
    hospitals. At least 20 percent of hospitals in every U.S. state report a palliative care program; while patients ... programs can be broadly cate- gorized as shown in Table 1. Table 1 Categories of Palliative Care Programs Program ...

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    • Authors: Randall Krakauer, Bruce Smith, Diane Meier, Torrie Fields
    • Date: Nov 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought 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
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Economics>Health economics; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Health & Disability>Chronic health management - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Payment models
  • Navigating Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidy Defunding
    of 73 percent, 87 percent, and 94 percent (see Table 1). Eligibility for each of the cost- sharing variants ... cost sharing was a major driver of enrollment.2 Table 1 Enrollment in CSR Plans by Eligible Income (2017) ...

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    • Authors: Michael Cohen, Peter van Laarhoven
    • Date: Mar 2019
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy
  • Rate Increase Approaches Impact LTC Policyholder Behavior
    category of state approval as pre- viously described. Table 1 shows that policyholders receiving a one-time ... receiving only partial rate increase notifications. Table 1 Percentages of Policyholders Choosing to Modify ...

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    • Authors: Raymond Nelson
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: General Insurance (Property & Casualty)>Policyholder behavior - General Insurance; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance
  • 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
  • Actuarial Guideline 51 Impacts to Regulatory View of Current Predominating LTC Risks
    expectations are driven currently by older age mortality rates that are significantly higher than the ... voluntary termination rate, is sensitivity to the mortality basis contemplated in the analysis? Actuarial ...

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    • Authors: Rhonda Ahrens, Frederick James Andersen
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk categories; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data>Long-term care - Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance