Description: In this discussion of President Obama’s financial regulatory reform on start-up companies, the author believes”that the proposed requirement has the potential to significantly increase the financial burden on an early-stage firm through increased scrutiny and record-keeping” This paper outlines the extent of the issues facing a start-up company due to the Administration's proposals, and offers solutions to the problems facing these entrepreneurs.

Description: The author discusses ways to grow your list of business contacts through the use of email, particularly about the proper use of e-blasts. Some of the advantages of this method the author notes are flexibility with format, saving time since the same email goes to all contacts, and providing a way to systematize your communications with your business contacts.

Description: May 2011 issue of The Independent Consultant, the newsletter of the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section.

Description: The editor’s summary of topics covered in the May 2011 issue of The Independent Consultant, the newsletter of the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section.

Description: The Modeling Platform

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 1 - January 2004

Description: This table shows the results of an attribution of the major contributing factors to the rate of mortality improvement in cardiovascular disease between 1980 and 2000.

Description: Feature article discussing pending health care reform and the issue of access to care. From The Actuary Magazine, April/May 2010 Vol 7 Issue 2

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses basic considerations and the process of an international acquisition or merger.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses industry trends in agent compensation with the intent of retaining and attracting the better performing agents and aligning incentives with desired behaviors, while placing the insurer in an acceptable financial position.