Description: This article describes the five webinars that the Smaller Insurance Company Section is planning for 2014.

Description: Reinventing the Actuarial Image by Sudha Shenoy from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2004, Issue No. 15.

Description: Tips for effective communication globally.

Description: Estimation of hazard rates at extremely old ages poses serious challenges to researchers: 1 The observed mortality deceleration may be at least partially an artifact of mixing different birth cohorts with different mortality heterogeneity effect 2 Standard assumptions of hazard rate estimates may be invalid when risk of death is extremely high at old ages 3 Ages of very old people may be exaggerated. In this paper we propose an alternative approach, which gives an opportunity to resolve the first two problems by compiling data for more homogeneous single-year birth cohorts with hazard rates measured at narrow monthly age intervals. Possible ways of resolving the third problem of hazard rate estimation were elaborated.

Description: The SOA president discusses how communication skills are of paramount importance to actuaries’ success.

Description: This article provides tips on improving communication skills.

Description: Case study of examples of small consulting firm.

Description: The author identifies miscommunication challenges that may exist in the workplace, including misunderstandings and communication mishaps, assumption of motive, and relational tension, and suggests clarifying conversation as a way to address these challenges.