Description: This article lists the top priority issues for SOA health committees for 2003 and their support for the Healthcare System in Crisis project, which is focused on giving the public an actuarial perspective on the dynamics and interrelationships of the healthcare system.

Description: This article discusses how publicly traded companies fail to realize their full potential due to a lack of clarity in identifying which shareholders they are trying to serve, especially when viewing short term versus long term goals.

Description: This article presents a fable about the issues that arise between marketers and actuaries in the product development process.

Description: Chairperson's Corner from the May 2004 issue of NewsDirect.

Description: This article discusses the health of the Kenyan economy including their insurance market and insurance product trends.

Description: This article is the abstract from a paper that provides methods and formulas for calculating active life reserves for credit insurance.

Description: This article evaluates findings from a new LIMRA focus group consumer study that examined the decision-making process that consumers follow when buying life insurance including their use of direct channels, including direct mail, the internet and call centers.

Description: This article is a recap of the 2004 Insurance Direct Marketing Forum. From News Direct, January 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: This article is about the relationship of brand advertising to direct marketing and how to bridge the gap.

Description: This article is about how telemarketers can incorporate technology to assure compliance with Do Not Call lists.