Ellen Dadisman Joins American Academy of Actuaries' Communications and Public Affairs Department
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Actuaries announced that Ellen Dadisman has joined its staff as Assistant Director for Communications and Public Affairs.

Actuaries Believe More Transparency in the U.S. Healthcare System Would Help Bend the Cost Curve Downward
Society of Actuaries’ Survey Identifies Effective Ways to Reduce Cost Trends and Create a Sustainable Healthcare System

Survey of Actuaries, Risk Experts Shows No Clear Shift with Businesses' Approach to Risk; Enterprise Risk Management Increasingly Embraced, but S
A survey of actuaries and other risk experts examines how the economic crisis has affected organizations' risk appetites. Forty-six percent of respondents' organizations have assumed less risk following the recent economic crisis, while 37 percent made no change in their risk approach. Just six percent said their organizations had taken more risk. Other findings relate to the level of support for enterprise risk management (ERM) within organizations and if ERM is deeply integrated within corporate culture.

ActuarialQuest Launched By SGRisk: On-Demand Phone Support For Agents and Brokers
Due to the number of inquiries SGRisk has received from agents and brokers regarding actuarial work, the company announces its new, one-of-a-kind service specifically designed for independent property-liability agents and brokers through its ActuarialQuest brand...

The Building Blocks of Life Insurance
What Is Life Insurance Life insurance provides protection against financial failure resulting from death

Understand Actuary's Effect on Life Insurance
Actuary is one of those insurance words that makes people want to run the other way Although you don't need to know it in order to compare term life insurance policies, it's not a bad idea to know how life insurance companies manage their business using actuarial data

Actuarial Report Shows 21st Services’ Actual-to-Expected Ratio Is the Most Accurate Yet Reported in the Industry at 98.1%
21st Services, a leading provider of life expectancy evaluations to the life settlements industry, has announced that its latest independent actuarial report shows the actual-to-expected ratio on its LE evaluations is 98.1%. The ratio reflects the reliability of the company's life expectancy predictions.

Inflation Ranks as Today's Top Retirement Concern, as Reported in New Survey
According to the Risks and Process of Retirement Survey Report, a new study from the Society of Actuaries (SOA), inflation is the top retirement concern. The report identifies other concerns among pre-retirees and retirees and offers actuarial approaches to manage those risks.