Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) commissioned Milliman to develop this report to provide health care stakeholders—patients, payers, policymakers and actuaries—with a comprehensive description of DPC as well as an objective actuarial evaluation of certain claims made about the DPC model of care.

Description: View the full 2016 September issue of News Direct.

Description: Research report on business decision practices of direct companies as part of the underwriting process. This Subcommittee also surveyed reinsurers for their practices in this regard in a separate survey. The two surveys are compared in this report.

Description: The Mortality Improvement Survey Subcommittee of the Society's Committee on Life Insurance Mortality & Underwriting Surveys has completed its report on the results of a survey to examine mortality improvement practices with respect to life insurance pricing in both the US and Canada. A few questions were asked about functions other than pricing.

Description: Table of Contents for News Direct - Number 55, January 2007.

Description: News Direct May 2015, Issue 70

Description: This is the table of contents for NewsDirect, January 2008, Issue No. 57.

Description: Health actuaries who belong to the SOA Health section get free access to Health Affairs and the chance to join the Behavioral Finance subgroup.

Description: Web page hosting description and links to nine Troubled Health Care System topics. Page additionally provides a link to Overall Summary.

Description: Telehealth came to the forefront in a significant way during – 2020–2021, partially due to the pandemic. What is the reasonable expectation of future consumer use of telehealth? This virtual option has the ongoing potential to increase access to health care services to plausibly lower the cost of care. Furthermore, telehealth continues to evolve as a technology. Keeping current with advancements as well as consumer willingness to use this medium are important to the future of health insurance. By attending this session, you will learn about the latest advancements in telehealth as well as implications for cost of care due to consumer use.