Description: A discussion about change. Change is constant and will continue—some of it predictable; some of it not. Knowledge is the best tool for understanding change, and this publication is a great forum for allowing the best and brightest to share.

Description: Review the fall 2016 exam GHC Canada case study.

Description: A review of literature regarding care management program outcomes - either financial or utilization-related which are indicative of financial improvement or from which financial conclusions may be drawn. Includes a discussion on utilization & concurrent review, case & demand & population & disease management . Paper 3 of an 8 paper series on 'An Introduction to Care Management Interventions and Their Implications for Actuaries'.

Description: This report summarizes a research project examining the proposed principle-based framework for reserves and capital for life insurance. The report is a review and analysis of case studies submitted by participating companies in response to proposed changes in individual life insurance statutory reserve and risk-based capital methodologies.

Description: A research project defining relevant and actionable consumer segments among middle-income/mid-level net worth households.

Description: Report of findings for Society of Actuaries research project on the financial reporting for insurance contracts under possible future international accounting standards. This project studies the modeling of Certain Life and Health Insurance and Annuity Products Offered by U.S. and Other Insurers for the Purpose of Measurement of Liabilities under the International Accounting Standards Board’s Exposure Draft on Insurance Contracts and U.S. GAAP

Description: This paper uses data from two longitudinal surveys to examine the relationship between psychological well-being and financial well-being of older women and men, with specific interest in differences by marital status and duration of widowhood. The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study WLS provides a look at the consequences of relatively early widowhood. The Health and Retirement Study HRS has interviewed a representative sample of individuals 50 and older over the last two decades. We use the data from that survey to examine the adjustment to widowerhood over a larger age range, but with likely less precision to measure differences among women of a single age.

Description: The purpose of this research project was to identify challenges encountered by smaller insurers in obtaining life reinsurance, learn about challenges and opportunities life reinsurers face in servicing these companies, and consider some possible solutions that might help to resolve the challenges encountered.

Description: Research report describing the results of an Emerging Risks Survey conducted in 2011. The report includes comparisons to the three previous surveys as well as a survey sent to INARM members in April 2008.

Description: The Committee on Finance Research is pleased to make available a research report summarizing the results of a survey exploring market risk practices at insurance companies.