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  • Exploring New Actuarial Ideas and Applications through Research
    and Their Relationship with the Cost of Health Care, serves as a resource used by health actuaries ... continues to invest in necessary health care, long-term care and retirement research, from longevity ...

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    • Authors: R. Dale Hall
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Academic partnerships; Demography>Longevity; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
  • The Far East: Stepping Up
    interest rate risks. Consider China, for example. Direct life premiums in 2014 were USD $177 billion,6 ... such as hedge funds, private equity funds and direct investments into infrastructure projects. Many ...

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    • Authors: Frederick Yiu Fai Ngan, Eric Alan Forgy, Michael Kwan Yu Chan
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Finance & Investments>Investments
  • CyberRisk is Oppurtunity
    resents opportunity for actuaries. PART 1: RISK Direct losses resulting from profit-motivated cybercrimes ... low—approximately $2 billion to 3 billion per year—while direct and indirect costs of such crimes are very high ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Michael Ian Solomon
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
  • Hedge Your Bets
    Hedge Your Bets Insurance companies use derivatives to manage and mitigate risks that are inherent ... highly sensitive to supply/demand balance. The primary tools used by insurers in 2014 were put options ...

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    • Authors: Aymeric Kalife, Saad Mouti
    • Date: Feb 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Finance & Investments>Derivatives
  • Risk/Return, a Chimera?
    Risk/Return, a Chimera? Is Risk/Return a sound tool for decision-making? No. It is not consistent, ... invest only till the end of the year, then I do not care about the fact that, in the long run, the stock ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Sylvestre Frezal
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Finance & Investments>Asset allocation