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  • Navigating the NAIC
    Navigating the NAIC By Mark Birdsall W hy should you care about navigating the National Association of Insurance ... force, working group and subgroup levels. The primary work of the NAIC is done by task forces, working ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Mar 2015
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
  • Using Relevant Experience Data to Increase Credibility and Reduce Margins
    case of a reinsurer providing experi- ence to a direct writer to use in setting the mortality assumption ... based on credibility levels but should be used with care. The width of the distribution of reinsurer experience ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Marianne C Purushotham
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Using Relevant Experience Data to Increase Credibility and Reduce Margins
    case of a reinsurer providing experi- ence to a direct writer to use in setting the mortality assumption ... based on credibility levels but should be used with care. The width of the distribution of reinsurer experience ...

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    • Authors: Marianne C Purushotham, Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Dynamic Assumption-Setting for Variable and Non-Variable Annuities
    significant impact in the presence of the GLWB. Care must be taken in inter- preting these data for VAs ... higher than the cor- responding rates in Exhibit 3. Care must be taken in modeling contracts in this benefit ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Marianne C Purushotham
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Policyholder behavior - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities
  • Relevant Industry Mortality Experience and Guaranteed Issue Mortality
    an association group or other group used in a direct-to-consumer context but could not be based on ... table is most relevant to GI life insurance sold direct-to-consumer for less than 25 units (each unit repre- ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Introducing the Representative Scenarios Method - Part 1
    life insurance, variable annuities, and long-term care, as well as nonvariable annuities. In Part 2 of ... guaranteed life- time withdrawal benefits, and long-term care insurance, in- cluding the calculations of the ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Stephen Strommen
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • Company Profitability and Risk Dashboards--A Tool in the Understanding and Management of Risk, Part 1
    Company Profitability and Risk Dashboards--A Tool in the Understanding and Management of Risk, ... first step, companies will need to identify the primary risks inherent in their current product portfolios ...

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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
  • Representative Scenarios Method (RSM) Part 2-Field Testing the RSM
    working on a case study apply- ing RSM to long-term care insurance, using all the lessons learned so far ... building on the previous work of the AAA’s Long Term Care Work Group (LTCWG). An additional re- finement to ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Stephen Strommen
    • Date: Mar 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • PBR Simplified Methods Project
    PBR Simplified Methods Project Summary of the SOA research project on PBR Simplified Methods. ... future projects. Rate increase filings for long-term care and state examinations of PBR are two areas that ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Apr 2019
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Universal life; Life Insurance>Whole life; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Conditional Tail Expectation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • June Webinar Topic: Sensitivity Testing and Setting Margins, Plus a Fully Stochastic PBR Method
    June Webinar Topic: Sensitivity Testing and Setting Margins, Plus a Fully Stochastic PBR ... emerging PBR requirements for annuities, long-term care, and long-term dis- ability have the same exemptions ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models