Description: This is the complete January 2012 issue of Health Watch.

Description: This article discusses the use of parametric distributions to model health care cost.

Description: Background on Medicaid and description of recent changes in the program.

Description: In this article the editor of International Section News, May 2000, Issue No. 22, provided a brief summary of the issue's articles. Articles described include ones on Australia's tax system changes, a review of the December conference of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, a discussion of the unit-linked business in Europe, mention of the opening up of India's insurance business and the insurance business in Georgia.

Description: An interesting article demonstrating how life insurance premiums are treated differently around the world.

Description: Announces 3 new Ambassadors for China, South Korea and the Netherlands and provides bios. Additionally provides an update on Latin America and the Caribbean - discussing a presentation.

Description: The IAA has published a textbook-sized monograph on implementing risk adjustments under IFRS 17. This monograph will be helpful to those calculating the risk adjustment and those who want to know what the risk adjustment represents and how if affects period to period reporting.

Description: NAIC Actuarial Certification requirements for long-term care insurance and ASOP 18, pricing issues. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, April 2001, Issue No. 4.

Description: This article addresses the complexities and practicalities of constructing a continuance curve from long-term care LTC claims data.

Description: A summary of a scientific paper written to address the differences and similarities between the option pricing method now more commonly known as fair valuation and the actuarial appraisal method.