Description: This article describes the sessions at the Valuation Actuary Symposium sponsored by the Smaller Insurance Company Section.

Description: How Small Company Actuaries make decisions - heuristics, expert opinion, or both?

Description: Plans for Smaller Insurance Company Section in 2015

Description: Building on the Part 1 article, Introduction to the Representative Scenarios Method, this article describes testing the methodology with respect to four product types, fixed indexed annuities with GLIBs, level term life insurance, universal life with secondary guarantees, and variable annuities with GLWBs. This Part 2 article describes testing results, refinements to the RSM methodology, and next steps.

Description: The article is Part 1 of two articles that provide a case study for the development of a profitability and risk dashboard. The sample dashboard provides distilled information regarding actual to expected (A/E) ratios for key risks, agent quality scores and customer value scores. The dashboard would also provide the value of new business written, surplus strain, debit balances, and expected losses on debit balances at different levels, down to the agent level. A product mix index is provided, together with visual comparisons of key metrics to the company's business plan. The Part 2 article will add information to the dashboard regarding risk margins, target capital, and company value.

Description: The editor discusses the content of the issue including articles on low-interest-rate environment, ERM, regulatory issues, as well as webinars and meetings sponsored by the SIC Section.

Description: Read the March 2018 issue of Small Talk published by Smaller Insurance Company Section. Practical information on trends that impact sections and activities.

Description: This article describes the four keys to successful worksite marketing: 1. Onsite selling either with group meetings or one-on one using professional enrollers. 2. Use a process that has been proven successful. 3. Gain employer sponsorship/commitment/endorsement. 4. Ensure your insurance company is committed as evidenced by high quality service from issue on through the life cycle of the policy.

Description: So What’s New with the AOMR? by James R. Thompson from Small Talk Newsletter, December 1998, Issue No. 12.

Description: This article describes the nature and features of collateralized mortgage obligations [CMO], identifies their key risk factors, and suggests steps that small insurers can take to effectively and economically model them.