Description: Read the November 26 2019 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: SOA interview with David Axene

Description: Read the February 2020 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: Read the October 2020 issue of Health Watch published by the Health Section. Newsletters provided practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the insurance market in Switzerland.

Description: This article discusses the expansion of benefits supporting long-term care services in Medicare Advantage plans

Description: A discussion of the issues to be considered for computing tax reserves relating to guaranteed renewable and noncancellable health insurance and how these concerns are sometimes overlooked.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (“SOA”) Research Institute is the research arm of the SOA, providing objective, data-driven research that brings together tried and true practices and future-focused approaches to address societal challenges and business needs. The Institute provides trusted knowledge, extensive experience and new technologies to help effectively identify, predict and manage risks.

Description: Predicting mortality (or longevity) and measuring the associated risk are the keys to the success of insurance business. Underwriting has been used for years for this purpose and approved effective. Currently, underwriting has been focusing on human physical conditions such as BMI, blood sample, medical history, and others, as well as severe mental diseases; occasionally, there are mental health assessments such as mental illness or cognitive testing that have been used in underwriting Life or Long-Term Care (LTC) business.

Description: The Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Committee is looking for a risk adjustment proposal that will examine the current risk adjustment landscape in the US and globally and the effect of increased complexity on risk adjustment accuracy.