Description: This corner serves to update the membership of some of the section’s milestones for this year, set the trajectory for 2009, and thank the many dedicated individuals and teams who made it happen. Issue No. 59

Description: This article talks about forging relationships between Health actuaries and CMS. Issue No. 60

Description: To better understand the product development process and practices currently used at insurance companies, the Society of Actuaries Marketing and Distribution Section Council initiated a Product Development Survey in the summer of 2006. The goal of the survey was to identify company practices for product development by asking individuals with product implementation responsibilities about the process followed at their companies. For this survey, the “product development process” was viewed holistically – encompassing everything from how ideas are generated through to how products are monitored post-launch. Also, all aspects of the product development process were considered – marketing, actuarial, underwriting, finance, customer service, IT, legal/compliance, etc.

Description: This article provides guidance for selling to top executives.

Description: This article discuss the historical regulation and changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - MPFS.

Description: This abstract desribes a paper that models the stock market return, interest rate and other market variables to simulate potential future returns of EIUL.

Description: This review uses historical and contemporary sources to trace the growth of national health expenditures in the US from 1776 to 2026.

Description: This paper investigates the one-asset portfolios, mixed-asset portfolios, and a dynamic investment portfolio which allows a switch from an aggressive portfolio to a conservative one at middle ages.

Description: This paper presents an overview of credibility theory in a fuzzy environment and discusses its implications.

Description: Read the ARCH 2013.2 editor's comments.