26Apr2012
The Canadian Membership Value Enhancement Initiative: What does “membership value” mean, and how exactly do you enhance it? Thumbnail

The Canadian Membership Value Enhancement Initiative: What does “membership value” mean, and how exactly do you enhance it?

En français Joseph De Dominicis, SOA Staff Fellow, Canadian Membership It has been just over four months since I joined the SOA as the first Canadian Staff Fellow and started working on

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Predictive Analytics for Life Insurance: Register Today

by Chris Stehno, Deloitte Consulting What if your producer could start his day by grabbing his iPad and clicking on the following apps: iProspect – each day this app provides the names of 10

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20Apr2012
Actuaries: Turn wellness from a dream into a real business advantage Thumbnail

Actuaries: Turn wellness from a dream into a real business advantage

by Andrew Sykes, Health at Work Wellness Actuaries Hardly a day goes by without another report of the possible and positive returns on investment available from wellness programs. Yet, with few exc

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17Apr2012
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Visit your actuarial library: New to SOA.org! Thumbnail

Visit your actuarial library: New to SOA.org!

by Tia Goss Sawhney, Director of Data, Analytics, & Research - Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services; SOA Hickman Scholar You may not realize it, but the SOA has managed to put

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16Apr2012
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An interview with Malcolm Hamilton Thumbnail

An interview with Malcolm Hamilton

by Joe De Dominicis, SOA staff fellow, Canadian membership “Don't think of retiring … until the world will be sorry that you retire.” — Samuel Johnson Aside from sports heroes like Way

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11Apr2012
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Fiscal Effects of the Affordable Care Act

by Ian Duncan, University of California - Santa Barbara An important new paper by Charles Blahous of George Mason University (and a Social Security and Medicare Trustee) has just been published. 

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02Apr2012
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Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about mortality! Thumbnail

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about mortality!

by Al Klein, consulting actuary, Milliman Inc. A World of Mortality Issues and Insights is a post Life and Annuity Symposium seminar to be held on May 23.  This seminar is different than most SOA

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30Mar2012
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Risk Management News: March 2012

Each month we provide links to the best online articles and conversations about risk management. If you would like to add to this list, just leave a summary and a link in the comments section. Enjoy t

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Retirement Planning: SOA study finds keeping up with inflation and having enough money for health care are biggest concerns Thumbnail

Retirement Planning: SOA study finds keeping up with inflation and having enough money for health care are biggest concerns

by Anna Rappaport, FSA, MAAA, Chairperson, Society of Actuaries’ Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks Today, the SOA released findings from its “2011 Risks and Process of Retirement Sur

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Actuarial principles at play in Supreme Court health care case

by Sara Teppema, SOA senior staff fellow, practice research On Tuesday of this week, the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up the second of four sets of arguments in the historic case involving the 2010

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