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

Description: This abstract describes a paper that describes two predictive models for hospital readmission rates using patient level data with specific patient information.

Description: Read the ARCH 2013.2 editor's comments.

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: 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: There are reasons for the retirement actuary to be optimistic about the future of our practice. There are reasons to believe that actuaries will play an increasingly large and valuable role in the retirement industry and there are significant opportunities for growth—from both an individual and a profession wide perspective— within the pension consulting field.

Description: This article discusses the goals set and progress-to-date for creating a standard file format for economic scenario generation.

Description: Feature article discussing what American actuaries can learn from their European counterparts about actuarial modeling.