Description: Chapter 2 analyzes, in table form, the study's claimant counts and charge totals, broken down by gender, age, diagnosis category, year, and by subscriber vs. dependent status. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: Chapter 5 analyzes, in table form, the study's claimant counts & charges per claimant in relation to deductible and broken down by plan design type. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: update on regulatory issues focusing on PBR

Description: Presents a practical solution to some of the distortion caused by a typical application of the retrospective assumption update (unlocking) method.

Description: A description of current council member areas of responsibility, Life & Annuity Symposium sessions to be sponsored, and other future projects.

Description: Different points of view about IFRS are explained.

Description: A book review by Scott McInturff of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't authored by Nate Silver.

Description: Models are useful in illustrating various facets of complex phenomena, but they are inherently limited.

Description: Chairperson's column for the July 2016 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to outline the development of a critical illness rider to be launched on a guaranteed level term product. The paper addresses the following topics: market needs analysis, design considerations, benefit design, pricing assumption, and development of pricing model and pricing results, including sensitivity testing.