Description: Asset Adequacy Analysis for the Long-Term Care Product: A Case Study by Amy Pahl from Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2004, Issue No. 13.

Description: Following up on recent articles on claim reserves and retrospective testing, this article examines some data quality and methodology issues related to calculating LTCI claim reserves.

Description: This article compares the pros and cons of two methods for projecting LTC utilization: an average utilization method and a distribution method.

Description: This article discusses techniques for modeling credit risk, including discussion of default assumptions and recovery rates.

Description: This article lists potential problems as a result of the elimination of Thirty-Year Treasury Auction Issue. Some problems mentioned are 1 discounting pension liabilities, 2 bond market 3 swap curve and 4 liquidity.

Description: Past problems with Association Group Disability Coverage inadequate pricing, contract deficiencies, less restrictive underwriting standards, lack of risk diversification Issue No. 38

Description: The career path of a former actuarial consultant who is now executive vice president of marketing and strategic development for CVS Caremark.

Description: Introduction to population health, a collaborative discipline that seeks to leverage all the determinants of health personal behaviors, medical care and the public health infrastructure, as well as the social and economic context at the community and national level to maximize the health of populations.

Description: This article focuses on the actuarial value calculator and the methodology used. It proposes potential future improvements to this model.

Description: Using Healthcare Claims Data to Create Actuarial Models.