Description: Managed Care Risk-Based Capital new formula for HMOs and BCBS plans, modification of disability income, LTC and stop loss factors, market uses of RBC, company use of RBC Issue No. 37.

Description: Editor's comments on the publication

Description: Presented at Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. This article estimates the impact of obesity and diabetes on disability and mortality for those older than 65 using the 2004 National Long Term Care Survey with disability based on the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act's Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Impairment triggers.

Description: In this video led by Mitchell Momanyi, FSA, MAAA, the types of Medicare products available is discussed. This two major types are traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. It discusses how traditional Medicare encompasses Parts A and B, covering various inpatient and outpatient services but not long-term care or prescription drugs, which fall under Part D. The video details deductibles, cost-sharing structures, and options like Medigap plans that assist with Traditional Medicare’s out-of-pocket expenses. Mitchell emphasizes clarity and understanding while sharing his expertise in this comprehensive overview.

Description: Description of and reasons for Health Section strategic initiative relating to self insurance

Description: Medicaid and the ACA

Description: Letter from the Editor

Description: Read the March 2017 issue of Health Watch, published by the Health Section. Practical information for actuaries, articles impact sections, section activities.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 symposium January 2002. This paper evaluates age and sex specific patterns of change in underlying and multiple cause of death reports for the period 1980-1998 for 14 leading causes of death at ages 65 and older. Changes in four types of mortality measures will be analyzed: 1 underlying cause death rates 2 multiple cause death rates 3 associated cause death rates and 4 death rates based on the joint occurrences of multiple cause conditions. Implications of the results are discussed in the context of existing models for analyzing and forecasting future mortality patterns in the U.S.

Description: This paper proposes a new method to price the longevity risk premia in order to tackle the pricing obstacle. Based on the equivalent utility pricing principle, our method obtains the minimum risk premium required by the longevity insurance seller and the maximum acceptable risk premium by the longevity insurance buyer.