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  • PBR Considerations and Benefits for Smaller Insurance Companies
    After years of discussion and debate, PrinciplesBased Reserving (PBR) is finally a reality. Small insurance ... electing for the company-wide exemption or adopting the PBR methods. This article discusses the benefits ...

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    • Authors: Alixandra Balestra, Calvin Y K Yeung, Jeffery Stroller
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Risk Evaluation in the Final Stages of the Pandemic
    Evaluation in the Final Stages of the Pandemic The direct and indirect effects of the pandemic have ... have impacted many actuaries’ work since the spring of 2020. This article addresses three considerations ...

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    • Authors: David Brentlinger
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Value at risk - Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • RBC Updates
    This article provides a description of three factor updates for the NAIC Risk-Based Capital that will take ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Brown
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Letter from the Editor
    Letter from the Editor A brief description of the contents of the July 2022 issue along with are quest ... Haglund Small Talk, August 2022 Welcome to the newest issue of Small Talk! Maybe this shouldn’t come as ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Letter from the Editor
    Letter from the Editor Brief discussion on recent published experience studies and RFPs. By Scott D ... out the SOA Research Institute page, you are missing a lot. There are two recent additions to the site ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Dec 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data
  • Critical Illness Benefits and Triggers: An Introduction
    Benefits and Triggers: An Introduction An overview of key considerations for benefit triggers in critical ... Critical illness insurance is gaining popularity in the U.S. insurance market and has become a more common ...

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    • Authors: Ashlee Borcan, Stephen Rook
    • Date: Dec 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Health & Disability
  • The Relation Between COVID-19 and Depression
    The Relation Between COVID-19 and Depression The numerous restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic ... those measures may have consequences for our health. The article attempts to uncover possible links between ...

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    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Many Hands Make Light Work: Interviews With Former SmallCo Section Chairs, Part II
    SmallCo Section Chairs, Part II Part 2 of two-part series of interviews with former SmallCo section chairs ... chairs exploring their experience with the section, the future of SmallCo, and final thoughts. By Michelle ...

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    • Authors: Michelle Grusenmeyer
    • Date: Dec 2020
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • We Don’t Refer to Years Now: It’s Pre-COVID or Post-COVID
    2022 When the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020, work life certainly changed for most of us. For me ... me and the other 17 percent [1] of the U.S. population who worked from home at the beginning of 2020, ...

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    • Authors: Tamara Lea Wilt
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Relationship Management; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • Too Busy to Not Have Governance in Place
    brief discussion on the importance of governance and documentation being in place. The article provides ... provides some resources to assist in the development, and the reasons behind having it in place. By Scott D ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Dec 2022
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Modeling & Statistical Methods