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GNAIE: Use The Right Discount Rate
By Staff WriterForcing insurers to use a "risk-free discount rate" to discount life insurance contract liabilities could cause huge problems in the insurance and pension sectors, according to Douglas Barnert.
February 24, 2010
Five steps to a seamless presentationPresentations can be daunting, but with the right preparation they don't have to be.
February 24, 2010
Watch The Health Summit Live (With Twitter Coverage)If you like fireworks, or All Star Wrestling, you might enjoy the live Webcast of President Obama's health summit.
February 24, 2010
Lawmakers Question Whether Health Insurers Should Earn ProfitsSome members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee suggested today during a hearing that letting health insurers earn any profits during a recession might be inappropriate.
February 24, 2010
SOA Adopts Code Of ConductThe Society of Actuaries has approved a new "policy on responsibilities and conduct" for its board members.
February 24, 2010
Is the Health Care Reform Summit Worth It?Tomorrows health reform summit is meant to be a bipartisan effort to bring together all the ideas out there about health reform and try to ...
February 23, 2010
Grassley Asks Iowa Carrier To Explain Rate IncreasesThe highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked a large health insurer in his home state to explain why prices for some insureds will increase as much as 22% April 1.
February 23, 2010
Boomers: Find out what makes them tickThe recent economic crisis has resulted in the emergence of a "planner" type personality among Boomers.