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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
  • T3: TAXING TIMES Tidbits
    The Tidbit discuss a Revenue Ruling IRS issued to update its position on sales of Life Insurance Contracts ...

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    • Authors: Mayowa Dauda, Mark Smith
    • Date: Nov 2021
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: 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
  • Fraternals to Founders to Foundational: The Legacy of Black Insurance Companies
    to Foundational: The Legacy of Black Insurance Companies Exploration of the legacy of black insurance ... insurance companies through description of 5 of the largest companies and their founders. By Stafford L. Thompson ...

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    • Date: Jun 2021
    • Competency: Leadership
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance
  • Data 101
    Data 101 A review of model inputs, suggested methods to getting comfortable with the data that your model ... 2021 As actuaries, we are familiar with the basic components of a model: Model Input, Calculation Engine ...

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    • Authors: Brenna Gardino
    • Date: Aug 2021
    • Competency: Communication; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • 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
  • COVID-19’s Impact on Mortality in the United States
    Impact on Mortality in the United States Just as the U.S. is dealing with a new surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations ... hospitalizations and death, the pandemic’s impact on the nation’s mortality rate is generating heightened interest ...

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    • Authors: Mervyn Kopinsky, Patrick Nolan, Dave Dillon
    • Date: Aug 2021
    • Competency: Communication
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Global Perspectives; Life Insurance
  • 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
  • End of an Era
    End of an Era Describing my experience of serving on a section council. Reflecting on some of my successes ... Pollio Small Talk, September 2021 My time on the Society of Actuaries Smaller Insurance Company (SmallCo) ...

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    • Authors: Jonathan M Pollio
    • Date: Aug 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession