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  • 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]
  • Addendum to Accounting for Ceded Reinsurance Under LDTI—Constraints

    Addendum to Accounting for Ceded Reinsurance Under LDTI—Constraints As an addendum to a July 2022 article, this article restates the formulas then presented for a framework to measure the ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Jun 2023
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance
  • 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
  • Fully Reinsured Business: Are the Financial Implications Neutralized, Or Not?

    Fully Reinsured Business: Are the Financial Implications Neutralized, Or Not? The article investigates the reasons behind non-zero financial implications for fully reinsured businesses within the ...

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    • Authors: Tianchi (Paul) Zhang, Ryan Kiefer
    • Date: Nov 2024
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance
  • IRS Updates Guidance on SEPP Exception to 10% Additional Tax

    IRS Updates Guidance on SEPP Exception to 10% Additional Tax This article discusses the guidance provided in IRS Notice 2022-6 and prior guidance on whether distributions from an individual ...

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    • Authors: Mark E Griffin, Prasanthi Paritala
    • Date: Sep 2022
    • Competency: Communication; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Annuities>Deferred annuities
  • 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
  • Recent Developments in the Health Care Market

    Summary of a presentation made by the author to the Government Finance Officer’s Association (GFOA) in New York on December 2018. This included an overview of the health insurance market ...
    • Authors: Michael Frank
    • Date: Feb 2019
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Innovators & Entrepreneurs
    • Topics: General Insurance (Property & Casualty)>Claims - General Insurance; Health & Disability>Health information technology; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Public financing - Health & Disability; Life Insurance>Claims - Life Insurance; Long-term Care>Public financing - Long-term Care; Health & Disability>Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Unlocking the Value in Economic Capital

    Unlocking the Value in Economic Capital This article describes how insurers can expand the reach of their efforts with regard to Economic Capital EC into the broader enterprise risk management ...

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    • Authors: Sim Segal, S Michael McLaughlin
    • Date: Oct 2006
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
  • New SOA Credential

    New SOA Credential In July 2007, Mike McLaughlin, FIA, FSA, MAAA, became one of the first individuals to add a new credential from the Society of Actuaries after his name: CERA. Short for ...

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    • Authors: Karen Bresson
    • Date: Oct 2007
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Enterprise Risk Management
  • Analytics You Should Know but Don’t

    Analytics You Should Know but Don’t Overview of the session “Analytics You Should Know, but Don’t” which took place at the 2007 SOA Annual Meeting in which R, an open source language for ...

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Feb 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Expanding Horizons
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software