Description: New FSA Jordan Erp credits the restructured exam process with providing him with a borad view of the actuarial profession. This article is an overview Erp's experience and the restructured exam process.

Description: This article takes ideas from David Allen, a consultant, executive coach, educator and motivational speaker for methods for stress-free performance, mastering workflow and getting projects under control. He discusses getting organizing, setting priorities and other tips.

Description: Duration matching is a risk management strategy, commonly used in the insurance industry, where the duration (price sensitivity to a yield curve movement) of an asset portfolio is adjusted to be made equal to the duration of the liability. However, this approach has flaws. In this essay, I note some key failures of duration matching and offer a potential alternative.

Description: As actuaries in health care, we spend most of our time focused on reviewing claims, enrollment and clinical data. That information is captured while patients are in health care facilities. Yet most people spend only a small fraction of their time in these facilities. This article explores what types of data are available to actuaries the provide a more holistic view of the member so that a members physical and emotional needs, the social determinants of health can be taken into consideration along with their clinical needs. Two uses cases are presented so actuaries can see how these types of analyses can be leveraged to improve clinical, operational, and financial performance of risk bearing health entities. Understanding the customer (member) not just the patient enables actuaries to provide new insights and values to our stakeholders across a wide range of business and risk applications.

Description: Technology now supports customized non-level death benefits which help consumers optimize their coverage and cost. Creating individual policies and individually pricing them for a level premium quote is the start of personalizing and optimizing coverage and cost for consumers and pricing life insurance policies at the individual consumer level --- a revolution for actuaries.

Description: Vender Referral Program highlights Thomson-West, a provider of NAIC, state and federal regulations.

Description: Come discuss the benefits and challenges of collaboration between academic institutions and industry stakeholders in shaping actuarial education and research agendas. Register for this event now.

Description: Understanding Asian Capital Regimes

Description: The post COVID-19 period exhibited a fast-changing capital market with higher interest rates, uncertain monetary policies, and revaluation of asset classes. At the same time, regulators introduced changes to reward better risk management, such as the scenario-based approach for reserving under Bermuda regulatory framework. For life reinsurers, while new opportunities arising from these changes, challenges also exist to be able to adjust reinsurance portfolios and ALM strategies appropriately. A holistic modeling framework can assist companies better position themselves in front of these challenges and other potential future unknowns. In particular, a well-designed stochastic and dynamic modeling framework enables the quantifications of such probabilities and potential impacts.

Description: Actuaries team up with Payers and Providers, to share insight into their data-driven approaches for improving health plans' CMS Medicare Star Ratings, which leverage experiential analytics to create solutions. 'Experience' is the king-it is broader umbrella, which includes and addresses engagement, cultural competency, equity, cost, and lastly, 'quality'. By attending this session, you will be better equipped to turn real-life data into actionable business solutions-essentially, data science in action. Further, you will better appreciate the importance of stars and risk adjustment in the Medicare Advantage space, along with the consequences of coming up short.