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  • Decentralized Finance—In Plain English!

    Decentralized Finance—In Plain English! “DeFi,” or decentralized finance, is an emerging financial system built on blockchains without central intermediaries such as banks. Defi has experienced ...

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    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards
    • Topics: FinTech & InsurTech
  • Model Validation and Common LDTI Validation Observations

    Model Validation and Common LDTI Validation Observations The introduction and effective application of US GAAP LDTI have increased the scrutiny of those reviewing the updated financial results.

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    • Authors: Xin Cheng Zheng (Jack)
    • Date: Jan 2024
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Thinking About Transformation? Time to Choose a Path

    Thinking About Transformation? Time to Choose a Path Emerging technologies like GenAI will be more disruptive than past technological developments, such as spreadsheets, low-code data and ...

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    • Authors: Matthew Wininger, Matthew Kevin Heaphy, Winston Hall, Romina Egan
    • Date: May 2024
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions
    • Publication Name: Actuary of the Future
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Technology & Applications>Artificial intelligence & machine learning
  • Simplifying Risk Adjustment

    Simplifying Risk Adjustment Healthcare risk adjustment methodologies have become increasingly complex, largely due to the belief that complexity enhances accuracy. However, a disconnect exists ...

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    • Authors: Syed Mehmud
    • Date: May 2025
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Health Watch
    • Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Payment models
  • Bias and Fairness in Modeling and Underwriting

    Bias and Fairness in Modeling and Underwriting An overview of bias and fairness in machine learning models, as they apply to use cases in life insurance. By Benjamin Brew, Cole Frank, Amy ...

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    • Authors: Hareem Naveed, Benjamin Brew (Ben)
    • Date: Sep 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Actuary of the Future
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Public Policy
  • Letter from the Editor

    Letter from the Editor A brief description of the contents of the July 2022 issue along with are quest for assistance with SOA programming. By Scott Haglund Small Talk, August 2022 Welcome to the ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • Letter from the Editor

    Letter from the Editor Brief discussion on recent published experience studies and RFPs. By Scott D. Haglund Small Talk, December 2022 Just a quick update on some recent topics.  If you ...

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    • Authors: Scott Haglund
    • Date: Dec 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data
  • Impact of COVID-19 on Deferred Medical Costs and Future Pent-Up Demand

    Impact of COVID-19 on Deferred Medical Costs and Future Pent-Up Demand In the past months, as COVID-19 has forced the reduced activity in the U.S. economy there has been some very substantial, ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Apr 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Health & Disability
  • Negative Interest Rates and the Insurance Industry: A Survey of Risk-Management Capabilities and Practices

    Negative Interest Rates and the Insurance Industry: A Survey of Risk-Management Capabilities and Practices This is report summarizes the results of a Joint Risk Management Section sponsored study ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
  • A Summary of the Updated Medical Loss Ratio Methodology and Historical Results

    A Summary of the Updated Medical Loss Ratio Methodology and Historical Results This is a brief report that summarizes recent changes in the prevalent medical loss ratio methodologies and also ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Dec 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Affordable Care Act (ACA)