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  • Relevance Is Not A Four Letter Word …

    Relevance Is Not A Four Letter Word … Letter From The President column for the October/November 2012 edition of The Actuary magazine discussing the importance of actuaries staying relevant in ...

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Oct 2012
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk categories; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
  • What Do You Think? Preparing for the Question That All Clients Ask

    What Do You Think? Preparing for the Question That All Clients Ask Summarizes author’s experience as an actuarial consultant and provides advice on working with clients, maintaining professional ...

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Dec 2017
  • What Do You Think? Preparing for the Question That All Clients Ask

    What Do You Think? Preparing for the Question That All Clients Ask Summarizes author’s experience as an actuarial consultant and provides advice on working with clients, maintaining professional ...

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Mar 2010
  • Professionalism; Letter from the President

    Professionalism; Letter from the President Column from SOA President Brad Smith discussing the qualities it takes to be a professional and the attributes actuaries are expected to possess.

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Aug 2012
    • Competency: Professional Values>Ethical standards
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Code of Conduct
  • The Nature of Risk

    The Nature of Risk This letter from the President of the SOA finds that the changing nature of the risks our stakeholders face creates an opportunity for the actuarial profession, if our ...

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Feb 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Reinsurance News, July 2007, Issue No. 60

    Reinsurance News, July 2007, Issue No. 60 Full version of Reinsurance News, July 2007, Issue No. 60. 26174 7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Craig M Baldwin, Ronald Klein, Graham Mackay, Edward Robbins, Bradley M Smith, Mark Troutman, Daniel Wolak, Melville J Young, David Bruggeman, Eileen Streu, Rick Flaspohler
    • Date: Jul 2007
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
  • XXX Implications

    XXX Implications The purpose of this article is twofold. Number one, to estimate the growing level of statutory reserves that are being reinsured offshore, supported by Letters of Credit, as well ...

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    • Authors: Gary Kelly, Bradley M Smith, Juliette Burden
    • Date: Aug 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Implementation of SOP 03-1 for Lapse Protected Life Products

    Implementation of SOP 03-1 for Lapse Protected Life Products Implementation of Statement of Position 03-1 for Lapse Protected Life Products Accounting standards;Secondary guarantees;Universal ...

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    • Authors: David N Cook, Bradley M Smith
    • Date: May 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees
  • The Choice of the Proper Profit Objective

    The Choice of the Proper Profit Objective The purpose of this paper is to examine the various profit objectives used in the development of a new product for a stock life insurance company. From ...

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Jan 1999
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Pricing in a Return-on-Equity Environment

    Pricing in a Return-on-Equity Environment This paper will use a sample example to examine the relationship between the pricing objective of ROI and the corporate profit measure of ROE. From ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, David Ingram, Claude Y Paquin, Bradley M Smith, Donald R Sondergeld, Charlie T Whitley
    • Date: Oct 1987
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance