Description: Max Rudolph's winning essay.

Description: Visualization --transforming data into beautiful and informative charts, maps, and diagrams-- is quickly becoming a mainstream skill, thanks to tools that are often free and easy to use. In this session you will learn about this tools, and how to apply them effectively to your own work.

Description: Q&A with President Life & Health US. Swiss Re. Neil Sprackling.

Description: Feature article with helpful hints on video conferencing and more!

Description: The SOA released a report titled Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform, which looks at the impact on insurance markets, pricing and profitability.

Description: “E-Cigarettes: A Hazard or a Help?” by Sam Gutterman was published online in the North American Actuarial Journal on December 18, 2019, and in print in Volume 24, 2020–Issue 4. This essay is the author’s update to the original paper; it has not been peer-reviewed. The essay is solely an expression of the views, opinions, and ideas of the essay author for applying the original research to actuarial work.

Description: The Society's Group Disability Insurance Experience Committee has completed their study of termination experience for the period 2009-2017. Included is a preliminary report, consolidated database (CDB), pivot tables and appendices.

Description: Report to give actuaries practical information and guidance on LTD claim credibility for case level pricing and underwriting.

Description: Article discusses causes of high charges in relations to reimbursement arrangements and possible actions of insurers & payers. Issue No. 45.

Description: A high level summary of the basics of Medicare Part D settlements - what they are, and the impact they have on plan sponsors' final financial results. Intended for an audience with limited familiarity with Medicare Part D.