Description: This is the first report in a series on the current state and future opportunity of the retirement market in China. This report, edition one of the series, summarizes the significant outcomes from the study. Also included in this edition is a retirement forecast outlining the drivers of change for China’s retirement market and the resulting opportunities.

Description: This study note will review commutation functions and how they are used to calculate the values, based on simple deterministic assumption, of a variety of simple annuity and insurance functions.

Description: Case Study for Fall 2009 Exam AFE.

Description: This overview study note for the Society of Actuaries Spring 2012 Financial Economic Theory and Engineering [FETE] exam is intended to provide candidates with an approach for organizing the course of reading for studying the various sections of the course.

Description: These are the published papers from the 7th Annual Speculative Fiction Contest.

Description: The system of using securities exchanges and commodity futures contract exchanges is inadequate to the task. Neither can transfer the risks of derivative financial contracts to the capital markets. Regardless of the degree of regulation or the financial incentives, this system is insufficient. A new type of exchange is needed that copes with fast price changes – even from “long” to “short” – without inviting bankruptcy.

Description: News release on Health Care Costs Institute and it's mission to promote research on the causes of rising U.S health spending.

Description: This summary explains the techniques used and the results from the application of futurism techniques utilized to explore mortality improvement. From the 2008 SOA Spring Meeting, Quebec City.

Description: Commentary on the patent process for intellectual property, insurance, and business methods.

Description: Summary of long-term care insurance options available for designing the right policy for your clients.