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The Zen Actuary, Installment 15: The Challenge of Transitions Part 1
transitions to more supervision and mentoring and less direct modeling. Although this is a fairly standard ... when we are reviewing a model built by one of our direct reports? Is that model conversion from Version ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Nov 2019
- Competency: Professional Values
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession
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The Zen Actuary Installment 17: Mindfulness During a Black Swan
The Zen Actuary Installment 17: Mindfulness During a Black Swan Continuation of series ... banking went from being a nice convenience to the primary mode of managing our finances; cash is now a four-letter ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Jan 2021
- Competency: Communication; Professional Values
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk
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Zen Actuary Installment 18: Getting Back in the Water
Zen Actuary Installment 18: Getting Back in the Water Latest installment in series that applies ... states, sometimes even resulting in rationing of care. The media routinely reports on “breakthrough” cases ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Nov 2021
- Competency: Relationship Management
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
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The Zen Actuary Installment 21: Coming to Terms with Pain
The Zen Actuary Installment 21: Coming to Terms with Pain Latest in series of articles exploring ... taking my wife’s sage advice and heading to urgent care to have it examined. X-rays revealed that nothing ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Feb 2024
- Competency: Communication; Professional Values; Relationship Management
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Mentoring
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Zen Actuary Installment 5: The Sands are Always Shifting
aging process creates the interest in long-term care insurance. • Man-made objects that greatly enhance ... policies, due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This legislation brought initial challenges ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Feb 2015
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
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The Zen Actuary Installment 2: "Be Authentic"
The Zen Actuary Installment 2: "Be Authentic" Continuation of a series ... authenticity. For the early-career pre-associate, the primary path is further education and ultimately achieving ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Feb 2014
- Competency: Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Zen Actuary Installment 10: Breaking Down the Practice
Zen Actuary Installment 10: Breaking Down the Practice Latest in a series of articles adapting ... to: • Provide affordable health care for all • Finance long-term care • Create sustainable retirement ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Nov 2016
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
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Zen Actuary 11 - Refining and Rebuilding the Practice
unnecessarily—than to be judicious in applying effort with care in a balanced way. I can think nice things about ... unnecessarily—than to be judicious in applying effort with care in a balanced way. The most challenging one was ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Mar 2017
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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The Zen Actuary Installment 1: "Balancing the Two Efforts"
The Zen Actuary Installment 1: "Balancing the Two Efforts" Adapted from Chapter ... more robust work product. However, one must take care in such a situation to not use available resource ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Nov 2013
- Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Professional Values>Practice expertise
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Zen Actuary 9: Patience in Healing
Zen Actuary 9: Patience in Healing The latest installment in a series that applies Buddhist ... pricing sea changes ushered in by the Affordable Care Act in 2014. How to heal the market is under contemplation ...- Authors: Richard J Lauria
- Date: Aug 2016
- Competency: Leadership>Change management; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
- Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Management skills