Description: Provides an overview of developments in the healthcare market including provider billing practices. Provides an overview of the Government Finance Officer’s Association (GFOA) in New York on Dec. 6, 2018

Description: Discusses new valuation standards for credit disability insurance looking to be adopted by the NAIC.

Description: This paper is a primer for actuaries with limited experience in accessing and using public data sets. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: Discusses recommendation to NAIC Accident & Health Working Group, that is now under review. Also recommends reserve standard to use in the interim.

Description: Small companies face numerous challenges and opportunities when developing supplemental health insurance products. This is particularly true because of the competitive nature of these products and the innovations happening in the supplemental health market. This article explores the challenges regarding rating, the volatile regulatory environment, product flexibility, and distribution. In addition, the article identifies competitive advantages that small companies may have in the supplemental health market.

Description: This is an article about debt protection and credit insurance as products. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: Discusses Vehicle Service Contracts and Gap Insurance.

Description: An overview of key considerations for benefit triggers in critical illness products

Description: This article discusses the potential characteristics of health care reform and the associated impact on small insurance companies.

Description: Authors demonstrate the use of the claim reserve run-out test for the long-term A&H products. They present the method of this test and show a numerical illustration to depict interpretations of testing results.