Description: This article is an opinion piece on the value of Sections to the Society of Actuaries. In particular, the Smaller Insurance Company Sections supports its members by sponsoring meeting sessions, developing webcasts, actively supporting research and promoting a sense of community and collaboration.

Description: Doing Illustration Actuary Testing over the Life of a Policy

Description: Read the June 2020 issue of Small Talk published by the Smaller Insurance Company Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article describes one of the keys to successful marketing in the current environment - build a relational database that will help the agent communicate with a client in an organized way, so that we can educate, inform, present choices and help these clients navigate their financial future. This article provides the elements of such a database.

Description: This article discusses the the 1998 alternartive XXX model regulations and the potential tax impact on the definition of life insurance and on reserve deductions associated therewith.

Description: Discussion of recent growth in fixed annuity sales and sales experience for small companies.

Description: Discussion of the prospect of federal insurance regulation.

Description: Status of state passage of the new Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum regulation and its effect on Section 7 opinions.

Description: The new 2001 CSO regulation requires the filing of an asset adequacy opinion when the table is utilized - which can be a significant issue for small insurers.

Description: Discussion of how non actuaries are taking on many of the enterprise risk management roles of insurance companies. Discusses changes actuaries need to make to re-assert their roles. Also discusses roles actuaries can play in enterprise risk management outside of the insurance and pension industries