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  • Actuarial Guideline 38 –Finally Arriving

    Actuarial Guideline 38 –Finally Arriving Actuarial Guideline 38 has been one of the most discussed reserving changes in the past year. First proposed in late summer of 2004, several industry ...

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    • Authors: Daniel Winslow
    • Date: Nov 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Public Policy
  • Impact of Proposed Health Care Reform on Smaller Insurance Companies

    Impact of Proposed Health Care Reform on Smaller Insurance Companies This article discusses the potential characteristics of health care reform and the associated impact on small insurance ...

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    • Authors: Cabe Chadick, David Dillon
    • Date: Nov 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy
  • Claim Reserve Run-Out Studies: The Method and Its Application to Long-Term Accident and Health Product Reserve Adequacy Test

    Claim Reserve Run-Out Studies: The Method and Its Application to Long-Term Accident and Health Product Reserve Adequacy Test Authors demonstrate the use of the claim reserve run-out test for the ...

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    • Authors: Xianmei Tang, Kyle Miller
    • Date: Jun 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Health & Disability>Accident insurance; Health & Disability>Health insurance
  • Regulatory Update for 2013

    Regulatory Update for 2013 The article summarizes recent regulatory discussions of interest to small insurance companies, primarily related to issues discussed at the NAIC. AOM;PBR;Statutory ...

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    • Authors: Norman E Hill
    • Date: Mar 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • In-Person Meetings Make an ImpACT: Highlights from the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference

    In-Person Meetings Make an ImpACT: Highlights from the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference The authors reflect on the 2023 SOA ImpACT Conference. They share some of the networking opportunities, and give ...

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    • Authors: Michelle Grusenmeyer, Alixandra Balestra
    • Date: Dec 2023
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Actuarial Profession>Ethics; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • Many hands make light work: interviews of former SmallCo section chairs

    Many hands make light work: interviews of former SmallCo section chairs Part 1 of a 2-part series featuring interviews with four former SmallCo section chairs. The interviews shared their view of ...

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    • Authors: Michelle Grusenmeyer
    • Date: Sep 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Relationship Management
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Actuarial Profession>Professional associations; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • COVID-19: Implications for Smaller Insurance Companies

    COVID-19: Implications for Smaller Insurance Companies Recognizing the benefit for actuarial discussions about how COVID-19 will affect our work, the Smaller Insurance Company Section of the ...

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    • Authors: Stefanie J Harder
    • Date: Sep 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Public Policy; Public Policy; Environment
  • Small Policy Purchases by Seniors

    Small Policy Purchases by Seniors The purpose of the article is to discuss the benefits of small policy purchases by seniors, describe the market and distribution for these small face amounts of ...

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    • Authors: Andy Hansen
    • Date: Dec 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Marketing and distribution - Life Insurance
  • Avian Influenza—A Note on Reinsurance forSmall Companies

    Avian Influenza—A Note on Reinsurance forSmall Companies This is an article on avian flu and reinsurance as it relates to smaller insurance companies. Demographics;Health risks;Mortality rates= ...

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    • Authors: W Howell Pugh
    • Date: Jun 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Reinsurance>Catastrophe reinsurance
  • Tax Update

    Tax Update Three tax-related articles of interest to those associated with smaller insurance companies. Accounting standards;Generally Accepted Accounting Principles=GAAP;Taxes=Taxation; 11238 11 ...

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    • Authors: Edward Robbins, Brian King
    • Date: Nov 2009
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting