Description: This article discusses how insurers that focus on their core competencies and astutely outsource other functions will become more competitive and improve their performance.

Description: This article highlights GRET, the Generally Recognized Expense Table, which was included in the Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: This article discusses gaining a competitive advantage by reducing new-business processing costs using point-of-sale technology.

Description: This is an article about The SOA’s Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses CLICE and its completion of its fourth inter-company study of expenses for individual life and annuity business issued in the United States.

Description: A discussion of the 1998 changes to New York’s Expense Limitation Law

Description: Highlights from the 2002 Inter-Company Expense Study of U.S. Individual Life Insurance and Annuities.

Description: The purpose of this article is to discuss some concerns the author's company has had in administering first-dollar reinsurance and to raise awareness of issues you may wish to consider for your reinsurance arrangement.

Description: Book review of A Comprehensive Guide To Measuring And Managing Life Insurance Company Expenses.

Description: This article provides a description of the development process for the 2003 GRET factors. The results were also presented and discussed.

Description: Discussion of expense management in a small life insurance company