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  • VA Reinsurance-A Vibrant Market
    reinsurance market. As a consequence of the bear market, direct writers implemented capital markets hedging techniques ... consistent with the techniques which have been used by direct writers since the bear market at the start of ...

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    • Authors: Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Global Perspectives; Reinsurance
  • Hedging and Other Mitigation Techniques
    wrong. Make sure the data you’re getting from your direct writers is current. On the whole issue of internal ... FAS 133 mark-to-market liability for both the direct writer and the reinsurer. A little later I’ll ...

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    • Authors: Application Administrator, Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: Sep 2004
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • International Section News, June 1999, Issue No. 19
    international production systems. Since 1983, foreign direct investment has grown five times faster than world ... moving away from this reliance to new habits of self- care. Many are taking responsibility for their own health ...

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    • Authors: Nino A Boezio, Chiu-Cheng Chang, August Chow, Kevin Law, Edward Robbins, Ronald Poon-Affat, Jim Toole, Kenneth Mungan, Patrick Cichy, Nina Michail
    • Date: Jun 1999
    • Publication Name: International News
  • Bad Behavior: Policyholder and Interest Rates
    block could be interest rates. If you're selling direct response products, it could be things like the ... Life cycle and gender could be very important for direct response type products. Finally, what variables ...

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    • Authors: Klaus Shigley, Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • The Practicing Investment Actuary
    conclusions. Investment factors are clearly a primary risk-and-return driver for life insurance companies ... measures are going to be. You may ask what the primary concerns are and if they are cash flow, statutory ...

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    • Authors: Daniel Manghirmalani, Richard S Mattison, Jeffrey Johnson, Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: Oct 2002
    • Competency: Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Tools to Help Senior Management 'Manage' Risk
    simple thing to do, but often that needs to be the primary focus of the senior management group in terms of ... that and be useable for universal life or long-term care or group life, i.e., for every line of business ...

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    • Authors: Max Rudolph, Francis Sabatini, Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: Jun 2000
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
  • What If You Stretch Investment Yield and It Snaps?
    only the short end of the curve. They don't have direct control over the long end, so we're seeing this ... credit markets. Over time arbitrage has become the primary motivation for issuance, and synthetic structures ...

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    • Authors: Frank Cataldo, Timothy L Swenson, Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: May 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • The Impact of Policyholder Behavior on Variable Annuities
    general account earns more than, say 10%, they don’t care about potential returns on separate account performance ... in the variable annuity. Without a doubt, the primary risk is market risk. When the market declines, ...

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    • Authors: Marshall C Greenbaum, Kenneth Mungan, Ulrich Stengele
    • Date: Jun 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Enterprise Risk Management
  • Valuation of Cross-Border Insurance Ventures
    Valuation of Cross-Border Insurance Ventures A discussion of the theoretically correct approach to ... look forward to the feedback from members and direct contact from anyone using the site. Come and ...

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    • Authors: Kenneth Mungan
    • Date: Jun 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Economics>Financial markets; Finance & Investments>Economic value; Finance & Investments>Embedded value; Global Perspectives; Global Perspectives>Global markets