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Repeating Entrepreneurial Success
Repeating Entrepreneurial Success A look into how entrepreneurs can grow their business by recognizing the need to add good team members and allowing those team members to be empowered to use ...- Date: Feb 2014
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: The Independent Consultant
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers
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Human Nature and the US Health Care System, Part I
Human Nature and the US Health Care System, Part I The third in a series of four articles that illustrate the “soft” approach of game theory using Thucydides’ master work, The History of the ...- Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes
- Date: Feb 2018
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
- Topics: Economics>Health economics; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance
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How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects
How to Turn Suspects Into Prospects By Ray Mascola By Ray Mascola Learning any skill takes commitment, effort and focus. My path to becoming a veteran sales leader started with a meeting with a VP ...- Date: May 2017
- Competency: Communication>Active listening; Communication>Difficult message delivery; Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Persuasive communication; Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Leadership>Change management; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Relationship Management>Relationships and trust; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Results-Oriented Solutions>Assess decision effectiveness; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Editorial
Editorial By Chris Greig and Carlos Fuentes An introduction to each article in this issue. By Chris Greig and Carlos Fuentes We are pleased to offer seven articles that entrepreneurs at heart ...- Authors: Carlos Eduardo Fuentes, Chris Greig
- Date: May 2018
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Change management; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Entrepreneurism; Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Economics>Health economics; Economics>Macroeconomics
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Chairperson’s Corner
Chairperson’s Corner Hopefully as a Marketing and Distribution (MaD) member you were able to attend one of our section-sponsored sessions last year in which the research we supported on the U.S.- Authors: Adam Vanevenhoven
- Date: May 2014
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: News Direct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Global Perspectives>Global markets
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MaD Happenings
MaD Happenings An update on Marketing and Distribution Section events and initiatives.By Adam Vanevenhoven By Adam Vanevenhoven Research Projects MaD continues to focus largely on a single ...- Authors: Adam Vanevenhoven
- Date: May 2014
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations
- Publication Name: News Direct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
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Excel as an IT System
Excel as an IT System I was planning on writing this article about six months ago, and never got around to it. Then, I read an article recently published in the May 2012 edition of CompAct entitled ...- Authors: Tim Heng
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Technology & Applications>Software
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Letter from the Chair
Letter from the Chair My wife calls me a “pack rat” because I keep a few items from my childhood, high school and college days—OK, six boxes’ worth of stuff. I find it difficult to throw things ...- Authors: Steven Finn
- Date: Apr 2013
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Blazing Trails—Using Patents to Recover the Cost of Innovation
Blazing Trails—Using Patents to Recover the Cost of Innovation A discussion of how patents can be used to recover the cost of innovation in product development and operations Product development; ...- Authors: Application Administrator
- Date: Nov 2003
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Annuities>Marketing and distribution - Annuities; Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance
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PD Section Chairperson’s Corner: Reflections on a 3-Year Term
PD Section Chairperson’s Corner: Reflections on a 3-Year Term Product Development Section Chairperson’s commentary regarding their 3-year term on the council that is now ending. 4294993165 ...- Authors: Donna Christine Megregian
- Date: Oct 2012
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance