Description: Provides summary of qualitative factors in the current fiscal, economic and political environment that could lead to higher inflation.

Description: The article summarizes a session on asset validation; the featured speakers were an investment manager, a company investment actuary, and a consultant.

Description: Looks at free and inexpensive resources for the novice in predictive analytics, covering the data analysis theory as well as the most commonly used languages/software used in the field.

Description: Hear from the editor’s on the August 2016 issue of Risk Management published by the JRMS.

Description: Overview of reinsurance: its purpose and uses, its different forms, and the tax results and issues that can arise in reinsurance transactions.

Description: Withholding and Reporting May Not Be Required for Income on Failed Life Insurance Contracts

Description: The PPACA imposed a market share-based health insurance provider fee, known as the "Section 9010 Fee", "Health Insurer Fee", or simply the "HIF", on each “covered entity” with net premiums written in excess of $25 million that is engaged in the business of providing health insurance coverage for U.S. health risks. This article provides background information to help unpack the language behind the Section 9010 Fee and highlights a few areas of special interest including merger and acquisition-related issues, application of the Section 9010 fee to expatriate plans, and considerations regarding fee administration.

Description: The article (Part 1) describes the potential problems when policyholders take income streams from IUL, demonstrated by historical data.

Description: A risk map is an effective and dynamic tool in helping companies develop a broader view of their risks.

Description: This paper examines the factors affecting claims in a group health insurance plan.