Departments
INSIDE TRACK..............................
6
History Lesson
Linda Mallon
PRESIDENT’SMESSAGE......................
8
Past as Prologue
Dave Sandberg
LETTERS .................................
10
COMMENTARY ......................
12
Reinsuring Catastrophic Health Care
Hobson D. Carroll
UPTOCODE.......................
16
Am I Qualified?
Robert J. Rietz
WORKSHOP ..............................
50
The Family Connection in
Exceptional Longevity
Valérie Jarry, Alain Gagnon,
and Robert Bourbeau
TRADECRAFT .............................
54
Improving Claims Handling
With Predictive Analytics
Robert J. Walling III
BOOKLINKS ..............................
58
Ed King
Review by Dan Skwire
STATISTICAL MISCELLANY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Face-to-Face Versus Virtual Meetings
Edward Scher
CRYPTICPUZZLE ..........................
62
Pyramid Scheme
Tom Toce
PALINDROMICPUZZLE .....................
65
Fishing Expedition
Jerry Levy
PUZZLES.................................
66
National Mathematics Year
Mark Danburg-Wyld
ENDPAPER...............................
68
On Regulation
Sam Gutterman
4 CONTINGENCIES MAR | APR. 12
VOL 24 | NO 2
Published by
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mary Downs
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
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