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  • Reaching Out for New Opportunities—New Market Research About Actuaries in the Health Care Industry

    Reaching Out for New Opportunities—New Market Research About Actuaries in the Health Care Industry Key findings from a market research study which the SOA undertook as part of their strategic ...

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    • Authors: Sara Teppema
    • Date: May 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Leadership>Professional network leverage; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Alternative careers; Actuarial Profession>Qualifications
  • Is there currently an underwriting cycle?

    Is there currently an underwriting cycle? An analysis of the 1999-2011 experience of all Blues plans of betweeen $1.8 and $3.8 billion in annual revenue in 2010 to determine if there is any ...

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    • Authors: Mark Shaw
    • Date: Jan 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Systematic risk; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • How Model Risk Devastated an Organization

    How Model Risk Devastated an Organization The author discusses and provides an example of how some companies’ enterprise risk management (ERM) programs are designed and implemented in ways that ...

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    • Authors: Sim Segal
    • Date: Jun 2013
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Pensions & Retirement>Risk management
  • Ethical Decision Making for Actuaries: Part 2

    Ethical Decision Making for Actuaries: Part 2 This second article about ethical decision making for actuaries focuses on practical issues confronting ethical decision makers and offers some ...

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    • Date: Nov 2012
    • Competency: Professional Values>Ethical standards; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Ethics
  • Stretch Yourself

    Stretch Yourself This article discusses the need to be self-aware of our development items, and to stretch ourselves to get better in the areas that we must develop. Interpersonal skills; ...

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    • Authors: Mitchell Stephenson
    • Date: Nov 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: The Stepping Stone
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills
  • The Downside of Prudential Regulation: Limited Liquidity

    The Downside of Prudential Regulation: Limited Liquidity Finding appealing return on equity for low margin or high risk weighted asset business by dealers has been challenging. Because of this, ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Ira Jersey
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks
  • The Missing 1 Percent

    The Missing 1 Percent A discussion of insurance claims processing and payment systems, and how to achieve the minimum possible number of errors. Audits;Claims processing;Claims review;Data ...

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    • Authors: Jim Del Vecchio
    • Date: May 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Electronic medical record
  • LTC Bullet: Baucus means Bupkus for LTC

    LTC Bullet: Baucus means Bupkus for LTC Discussion of the implications of the newly unveiled health care reform proposal by Senator Baucus. Key issues include abandonment of the CLASS Act, ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Moses
    • Date: Dec 2009
    • Competency: Communication; Leadership>Change management; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Long-term Care>Public financing - Long-term Care; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Medicaid; Social Insurance>Medicare
  • Straight Through Processing – How Much Farther?

    Straight Through Processing – How Much Farther? A discussion of the efforts to implement straight through processing and standardization of the HIPAA form for long term care claims data. Claims ...

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    • Authors: Sandra Latham
    • Date: Dec 2010
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Leadership>Thought leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Long-Term Care News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance
  • Social Insurance Post-ACA

    Social Insurance Post-ACA Assesses the impact of ACA on public financing of all health and disability benefits - Medicare, Medicaid, Exchanges Medicare;Medicaid;Health insurance 4294998700 6/1/ ...

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    • Authors: Robert Tate
    • Date: Jun 2013
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: In The Public Interest
    • Topics: Public Policy