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- a statistician who calculates probable life spans so that the insurance premiums to be charged for various risks can be accurately determined
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- Champion for ERM: Society of Actuaries board member pioneers new credential in his spare time
- Ever meet an individual who finds he can't be completely satisfied with breaking new ground at his day job? He's got to take on a trade association and move mountains there too? Maybe even create a brand new insurance designation, the association's first in 60 years? Look no further....
- Research articles 2008-09-15
- State of Connecticut Prepares Next Generation for High Growth Occupations in the Financial Services and Insurance Industries
- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Connecticut is the first U.S. state to use data analytics software jointly developed by IBM, Pace University of New York, and the Connecticut-based labor research firm SkillPROOF, Inc., to identify and train students for lucrative job opportunities with the state's biggest insurance and financial...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Peachtree Hires Vice President of Capital Markets
- BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- Peach Holdings, Inc. ("Peachtree") announces the addition of Nicola Barrett as Vice President to its Capital Markets team. Prior to joining Peachtree, Nicola was an Actuary in the Financial Institutions Solutions Group in the New York branch of ABN AMRO, a Dutch investment bank. She focused...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- T.D. 9370
- Section 9701.-Definitions of General Applicability 26 CFR 300.7: Enrollment of enrolled actuary fee. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 300 User Fees Relating to Enrollment to Perform Actuarial Services AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service IRS, Treasury. ACTION: Final Regulations. SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations relating to...
- Research articles 2008-02-19
- Comment: Profile - Managing the first team.
- In years to come, when historians look back and wonder how the UK pensions industry developed into the 21st century, they would do well to chart Alan Smith's career. From becoming the Prudential's first compliance officer, through to launching its first personal pensions,...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- News: Industry concerned over lack of DB focus.
- Byline: David Ricketts A risk-sharing measure on indexation that could help save more defined benefit DB schemes is being sidelined by the government, according to leading actuaries. Conditional indexation is seen as a way employers can cut their financial risk on...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Canada Employment Insurance Commission Sets Employment Insurance Premium Rate for 2008.
- GATINEAU, QUEBEC, Oct 29, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Acting under legislative authority introduced in 2005 that gives the Canada Employment Insurance EI Commission responsibility for setting the EI premium rate, the Commission today announced the 2008 premium rate. As of January 1, 2008,...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Announcement 2007-104
- Announcement of Disciplinary Actions Involving Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents, and Enrolled Actuaries - Reinstatements, Suspensions, Censures, Disbarments, and ResignationsUnder Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 10, attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, and enrolled actuaries may not accept assistance from, or assist, any person who is under...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- News: O'Brien urged to drive risk sharing.
- Byline: Hannah Williams Leading actuaries are set to confront the government and push for a legislative overhaul to promote risk sharing. The Association of Consulting Actuaries ACA will meet with Mike O'Brien, minister for pensions reform, this week, and will urge him...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- OSFI: Chief Actuary of Canada Unveils External Peer Review Panel for Actuarial Report on the CPP.(Report)
- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Sep 6, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The Office of the Chief Actuary OCA has announced the establishment of a panel of actuaries to review the 23rd Actuarial Report on the Canada Pension Plan CPP. Produced every three years, the Actuarial Report...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Announcement 2007-72
- Announcement of Disciplinary Actions Involving Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents, and Enrolled Actuaries - Reinstatements, Suspensions, Censures, Disbarments, and ResignationsUnder Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 10, attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, and enrolled actuaries may not accept assistance from, or assist, any person who is under...
- Research articles 2007-08-13
- News: Call for radical 'middle way'.
- Byline: Hannah Williams Actuaries have called for a radical extension to risk-sharing legislation to provide a middle way of pension saving, despite lukewarm enthusiasm from the government. Ian Farr, chairman of the Association of Consulting Actuaries ACA, said a new...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- News: Latest shared-risk schemes could allay DC concerns.
- A new breed of risk-sharing pension schemes would ease concerns about the volatile payouts of defined contribution DC plans, say actuaries. The Association of Consulting Actuaries ACA has urged the government to back the introduction of such schemes, which would spread individual risk...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- Projected Medicare Part D Costs Drop by 30 Percent
- To: MEDICAL EDITORSContact: CMS Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-690-6145WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Independent estimates forthe Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit for the FY 2008 budget cycleshow that net Medicare costs are 30 percent less -- $189 billion lower -- thanwere originally predicted when the benefit was created in...
- Research articles 2007-01-08
- Charles T. Burney of Arlington Heights.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
- Charles T. Burney of Arlington Heights Visitation for Charles T. Burney will be from 3 p.m. to the time of the funeral service at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road four blocks south of Palatine Road, Arlington...
- Research articles 2007-01-07
- Canada Employment Insurance Commission Sets Employment Insurance Premium Rate for 2007.
- GATINEAU, QUEBEC, Nov 6, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Acting under legislative authority introduced in 2005 that gives the Canada Employment Insurance EI Commission responsibility for setting the EI premium rate, the Commission today announced that as of January 1, 2007, the employee rate per $100...
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- Joy A. Schwartzman.(Spotlight: Women to Watch)(Thumbnail biography)
- Joy A. Schwartzman Principal and Consulting Actuary Milliman Inc. New York Age: 50 Joy A. Schwartzman joined Milliman in 1988 after working since the late 1970s as an actuary for American International Group Inc....
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- Announcement 2006-57
- Announcement of Disciplinary Actions Involving Attorneys, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents, and Enrolled Actuaries - Suspensions, Censures, Disbarments, and ResignationsUnder Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 10, attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, and enrolled actuaries may not accept assistance from, or assist, any person who is under disbarment...
- Research articles 2006-09-25
- Like it rather than lump it.
- Byline: Barbara Drury Sep 19, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is speculation that the superannuation changes in the May 2006 Budget will alter the attractiveness of defined benefit funds DBFs. In particular, the new super rules from 1...
- Research articles 2006-09-19
- Super shock.
- Byline: Michael Laurence Jun 06, 2006 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The 2006 Budget contains proposals to revise the superannuation system. Deutsche Asset Management's Peter Haggstrom says the Government has put forward a "seismic shift" in the structuring of super. Michael...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
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