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  • Measuring Subsidization in LTC
    Measuring Subsidization in LTC Although rate structures where low-cost cohorts subsidize high cost cohorts may be justified from a actuarial, marketing, or legal standpoint, the subsidization ...

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    • Authors: Roger Loomis
    • Date: May 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • RILA GLWB Designs and Market Risk Analysis
    RILA GLWB Designs and Market Risk Analysis An overview of guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWB) on registered index-linkedannuity (RILA) products and a stochastic analysis of market ...

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    • Authors: Matthew Kevin Heaphy, Nicholas Carbo, David J Elliott
    • Date: May 2023
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities; Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities; Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Annuities>Deferred annuities; Annuities>Living / Death benefit riders
  • Longevity Catalysts
    Longevity Catalysts This article describes some of the drawbacks to the assessment of longevity risk adopted by most practitioners within the UK together with an initiative that provides a ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • Is Now the Time for Reinsurers to Enter LTCi?
    Is Now the Time for Reinsurers to Enter LTCi? A recent Society of Actuaries study calculates safety and stability for current Long Term Care Insurance premiums. Long-term care ...

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    • Authors: Marc Glickman
    • Date: Mar 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Long-term care - Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance
  • How Might Pandemic Flu Affect U.S. Life Insurers?
    How Might Pandemic Flu Affect U.S. Life Insurers? This paper uses a mortality surge model to estimate the total financial impact on the U.S. insurance industry of a flu pandemic. It does not ...

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    • Authors: Thomas Edwalds
    • Date: Jan 2007
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Life Insurance>Capital - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • 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 Method Describes using the new multi-risk scenario generator to create sensitivity tests at moderately ...

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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
  • Models that make the cut
    Models that make the cut How do you make model output media worthy? This article explores considerations that may contribute to the mass production of model results for public consumption. 6/10/ ...

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    • Authors: Nathan Worrell
    • Date: Jun 2020
    • Competency: Communication; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: The Modeling Platform
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Data mining; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
  • What is the Scope of Model Validation?
    What is the Scope of Model Validation? The author delves into other important parts that should be in the scope of model validation besides the code. model validation;solvency II;aassumptions; ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, James McClure
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Interest Sensitivity
    Interest Sensitivity This article discusses the sensitivity of actuarial functions to interest rate changes. Discount rates=Interest rates; 7875 12/1/1984 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Charles L. Trowbridge
    • Date: Dec 1984
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing
  • Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem
    Health Actuaries and the Short-term Prediction Problem This article discusses challenges that short-term predictions have on actuaries' reputations, both as individuals and as a profession, ...

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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