Description: The Health Section chair reviews the progress and activities of the section after three years of existence.

Description: While tax-qualified products meet an existing demand in the long-term care market, the statutorily required language of Section 7702B can present challenges as claims are presented. Every day, claims professionals grapple with whether the facts of a claim constitute substantial assistance or a severe cognitive impairment. “Close call” claims decisions continue to increase as claims volumes rise across the long-term care insurance sector. This article analyzes the Section 7702B language, identifies potential pitfalls in administering claims made on tax-qualified policies, and illustrates how to avoid such pitfalls through hypothetical scenarios.

Description: This article is the first in a four-part series about what actuaries see as ideal components of a health care reform package. This part covers health care reform ideas explored at the Conference of Consulting Actuaries’ CCA 2009 Annual Meeting in Tucson, Ariz.

Description: The Actuary interviews the Executive Vice President of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Newark, Donald R. Sondergald. Read about his prospects of becoming President of the Society of Actuaries and his opinions about the state of the actuarial profession. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 7

Description: Discussion of financial regulatory activities from January - March.

Description: This article notes how “we can do much more at the company, industry and social level by combining what we know with other actuaries as well as members of other disciplines.” This will become easier due to social technologies that allow individuals to collaborate regardless of conventional barriers. The author asks “how do we use these new social technologies to leverage our existing actuarial skill set data in a way that creates value for customers and clients?”

Description: These are obituaries for seven members of the Society of Actuaries who passed away in 1970. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 1, No. 64.

Description: Adding value in the development, production and marketing process of medical devises regulatory environment, designer/manufacturer perspective, product failure and litigation risk. Issue No. 44.

Description: In this article, the author, an independent consulting actuary, discusses the process of becoming independent, providing advice on what you need to consider in making the transition from company employee to independent consultant.

Description: Disruptive changes will create opportunities for health actuaries as we help health plans develop their overall strategy.