Description: The interview discusses the ACA exchange intiatives program, a strategic project of the SOA focusing on ACA marketplace emerging data and actuarial principles

Description: Foreign insurers in the Chinese market and the characteristics and opportunities of the market.

Description: Discussion of the Chinese supplemental pension plans, Enterprise Annuities EA.

Description: This article provides an update of International Section strategic intiatives from the current section chair.

Description: Description of benefit reduction options that are available to insureds at the time of a rate increase and how regulators may view them.

Description: The article looks at the impact of voluntarily offering nonforfeiture benefits at the time of a rate increase on ALR and future profits.

Description: NewsDirect article that discusses the benefits of automating the underwriting process. Underwriting speed, the east of case submission and sales support stand out as the most important factors.

Description: This article examines the relationship, future and current, between insurance agents and technology and determines that technology can enhance/optimize agents.

Description: As we further explore how life insurance customers think and behave, we can address their needs more effectively. Using data and predictive analytics we can better identify groups to target. By embracing technology and approaching customers with the right distribution channels based on preference, we can make life insurance more accessible. We can speak the customers' language. We can understand that they are not all created equal, and tailor products to meet individual needs. In short, we can leverage data, research and technology to become very consumer centric. Getting closer to the customer, can we lower the perceived cost, and raise the perceived benefit of life insurance to a point where customers get excited? Will this not then be a product to buy, not sell?

Description: This article discusses creating a good organizational strategy for incentive compensation plans.