Description: The author's asserts that when estimating life expectancy, care should be taken to account for how trends in mortality can change over time change over time and that by assuming they remain constant, one can underestimate life expectancy and therefore undervalue annuity products.

Description: Inventory of 150+ ACO, PCMH, bundled payment, and aligned contracting efforts all over the U.S. Medicaid, Medicare and commercial markets - 2012

Description: This was a presentation of ACO efforts around the U.S. with great website links to resources, geared to actuarial consultants for employers. From May 2012.

Description: The Bermuda International Life and Annuity Conference highlights Bermuda’s enhanced capital and solvency framework, and growing long-term (re)insurance sector.

Description: From the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston. Discussion of how the insurance industries in several countries have dealt with high levels of inflation with respect to the development and marketing of insurance products. Also discussed: I. the overall business and economic environment 2. the taxation structure of insurance companies 3. the availability of suitable investments 4. the insurance regulatory climate and 5. the structure of worldwide capital markets Possible applications to U.S. insurance in the 1980's were explored.

Description: Report on a panel presentation in which options to maintain the solvency of Social Security are discussed.

Description: This “Application of Predictive Models Techniques to Measure Dynamic Policy Holder Behavior in Annuity Contracts” paper by Towers Watson researchers is one of a collection of essays that examine how existing or new methods or models can be applied to the life insurance industry.

Description: This article is about the design and growth of the new variable life and annuity products.

Description: This paper first discusses the history of the legislation of the joint and survivor benefits for the uniformed service personnel. It then goes on to address the specific actuarial assumptions made and the formulas developed for applying these assumptions for adaptability to the UNIVAC. This paper closes with specific programming procedures involved in using the UNIVAC.

Description: This predictive modeling paper, “Household Life Insurance Demand – A Multivariate Two-Part Model is one of a collection of essays that examine how existing or new methods or models can be applied to the life insurance industry.