Description: How to be better prepared to handle the requests, questions and follow-up needed to successfully manage a risk-focused financial examination.

Description: This article discusses how actuaries can determine whether they are qualified to do various kinds of actuarial work. The article refers to the code of professional conduct, the qualification standards, and the "look in the mirror" test. The article describes five case studies that provide examples of how to determine whether an actuary should accept a work assignment. A key conclusion is that actuaries are best protected if they use good professional judgment and do quality work.

Description: To comply with VM reporting requirements, what is the simplest path for a small company that has passed the Deterministic Exclusion Test and the Stochastic Exclusion Test?

Description: Regulatory Developments Applicable to Small Company Actuaries

Description: Can the potential benefits of a higher yield strategy be worth the operational and strategic risks?

Description: A discussion of the concept of a best practice

Description: Describes using the new multi-risk scenario generator to create sensitivity tests at moderately adverse probability levels, resulting in margins to use for PBR.

Description: An interview with Jerry Brown former SOA president.

Description: December 2019 issue of Small Talk by the Smaller Insurance Company Section. Practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, and section activities.

Description: Small companies face numerous challenges and opportunities when developing supplemental health insurance products. This is particularly true because of the competitive nature of these products and the innovations happening in the supplemental health market. This article explores the challenges regarding rating, the volatile regulatory environment, product flexibility, and distribution. In addition, the article identifies competitive advantages that small companies may have in the supplemental health market.