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  • Provide Peace of Mind for Your Family
    express their health care preferences and end-of-life wishes to family members and their physician and ... to a Better End, the first national end-of-life report card, reported that just 15 to 20 percent of ...

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    • Authors: Patricia Bomba
    • Date: Sep 2008
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
  • The Salesman Who Doesn’t Sell
    The Salesman Who Doesn’t Sell Want to do business with agent Brian Greenberg? Drop that telephone. ... No need to Google Map his office.By Corey Dahl Life insurance;Marketing and distribution;Health information ...
    • Authors: C Joseph Dahl
    • Date: Sep 2013
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>E-commerce
  • Start Your Actuarial Career on the Right Foot
    as a critical preparation for the student’s work life; several have gone on to win awards for best presenter ... how to begin working on a project or writing a report, just take a stab at it and get something down ...

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    • Authors: Michael Adams
    • Date: Feb 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Do You Present a Professional Image?
    spell check, etc. After all, we’re all in the group to help each other, aren’t we? E lsewhere in this ... and bad auto-spell corrections are a reality of life, and I have made my share of them. At one point ...

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    • Authors: John West Hadley
    • Date: Nov 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Technology & Applications>Social media
  • From The Editor
    From The Editor A brief look at each article from this edition. By Carlos Fuentes ... co-sponsored by various sections of the SOA during the 2016 Life & Annuity Symposium. In it, the panelist share their ...
    • Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Five Ways to Beat the Recession: Insurance Direct Marketers Get the Good News
    Liberty, Union Fidelity, Colonial Penn, and Globe Life & Accident provided a testing laboratory for refining ... investment. Kevin McKenna is president and CEO of JCG Group, Ltd. He can be reached at kmckenna@jcg-ltd.com ...

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    • Authors: Kevin McKenna
    • Date: Sep 2009
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; Leadership>Influence; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance
  • How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects
    How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects By Ray Mascola Communication;Operational Management;Time ... Important Take-Away You can uncover prospects from a group of suspects by identifying their pressing problems ...
    • 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
  • Twelve Questions that Will Change the Way You Email
    Twelve Questions that Will Change the Way You Email This article features a test of your email ... stakeholders until you have something definite to report. 7. FALSE. Use Reply to All only when it’s impor- ...

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    • Date: Nov 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Technology & Applications>Social media
  • Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem
    Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem This article discusses challenges that short-term ... dramatically impacted by exogenous factors. Mortality tables would be an example of this long-term ...

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    • Date: May 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing