http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline Contingencies is the magazine of the actuarial profession; a bimonthly, full-color magazine that explores the issues driving the insurance and financial services industries. It is written for actuaries as well as general readers with an interest in a range of financial and social concerns. Readers include professionals in fields such as law, risk management, and benefit administration, as well as government policy makers and regulators. Articles tackle subjects that are important to our readers such as Social Security, Medicare, managed health care, insurance regulation, benefits trends, and more. en-us Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline http://images-cdn.dashdigital.com/contingenciesonline/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1262206760000 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/20100304 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/20100304        Contents
    Features
        Making the Most of a Principle-Based System
        Fatal Factors—Managing Mortality Risk
        Lives Well-Lived: Socioeconomic Status and Mortality
        Communicating the Risk of Long-Term Disability
    Departments
        Inside Track
            Mortal Matters
        President's Message
            Hidden Value
        Letters
        Commentary
            The Longevity Bubble
        Up to Code
            In Answer to Your Many Questions
        Workshop
            What's in a Name? The Flat Price Conundrum
        Tradecraft
            Uncle Sam and the LDI Gold Rush
        Humor
            Fantasy Coverage is a Dream Come True
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Snowflake
        Puzzles
            Another Fine Mess
        End Paper
            Ramblings on 'Flation

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    Features
        Growing Up Obese: A National Health Challenge
        Fiction Contest Winner
            The Night of the Living Death Benefit
        Taking the Human Element into Account
        Health Care Reform: Learning from Others
            Germany
    Departments
        Inside Track
            À Votre santé
        Letters
        Commentary
            A Fundamental Law of Risk Evaluation
        Up to Code
            Moving from Discipline to Guidance
        Policy Briefing
            A Personal Approach to Health Care Reform
        Workshop
            In Search of Consistency in Determining RMAD
        Tradecraft
            Workplace Wellness: Calculated Risk Reduction
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Golf
        Puzzles
            Button Up Your Overcoat
        End Paper
            What Makes Sam Run?

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    Features
        In Defense of Machiavelli
        A Second Look at Credit Default Swaps
        The Business Impact of Advanced Analytics
        Health Care Reform: Learning from Others—Netherlands
        Special Section—Recruiters
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Speak Up
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Social Security and Intergenerational Equity
        UP TO CODE
            The Carol of the Bells
        POLICY BRIEFING
            Here Come the Feds
        WORKSHOP
            Moving Toward Effective Capital Forecasing
        TRADECRAFT
            Taking Financial Planning to the Next Level—Effective Cost-Allocation Strategies
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Recession is Changing the Workforce
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Hexagons
        PUZZLES
            Goo Goo Ga Joob
        END PAPER
            What Makes Sam Run?

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    About Contingencies' Subscribers
    2010 Editorial Calendar
    Features and Regular Departments
    Rates and Closing Dates
    Mechanical Specifications
    Contingencies.org
    2009 Advertisers

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    features
        The Rat Without a Tail
        Pricing the Priceless
        Investing for Retirement—Critical Lessons From the Crisis
        The Tortoise, Achilles and Fair Value
        Special Section: SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Heads on Pikes
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            National Health Insurance— Socialism or Realism?
        UP TO CODE
            Don't Regret Having Filed a Complaint
        POLICY BRIEFING
            Politics and the Perils of Inaction
        AFTER HOURS
            Marathon Man
        WORKSHOP
            A Survey of Capital Allocation Metrics
        TRADECRAFT
            The Law of Risk and Light
        HUMOR
            Middle Management
        BOOKLINKS
            When I'm Sixty-Four: The Plot against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            I Never Do Anything Twice . . .
        PUZZLES
            Election Night
        END PAPER
            A Measure of Happiness

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    Features
         Rethinking Rationality
            Economics and Human Nature
         Back to Basics
            Systemic Risk and Everyday Behavior
         The Future of Enterprise
            Risk Management
         Managing the Risk of Climate Change
         The Jury's Still Out on Global Warming
         Special Section
            Reinsurance
    Departments
        Inside Track
            Contest! Contest! Contest!
        Letters
        Commentary
            Actuarial Judgment and Market-Consistent Valuation
        Up to Code
            Interviewing With Integrity
        Policy Briefing
            A Holistic Approach to Social Security's Retirement Age
        Workshop
            Pension Reform in India's Emerging Economy
        Tradecraft
            Quantifying Risk in Mortgage-Backed Securities
        Cryptic Puzzle
            If You're So Smart...
        Puzzles
            Figure It Out
        End Paper
            Risk by Any Other Name

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    Welcome to Contingencies
    About Contingencies' Subscribers
    2009 Editorial Calendar
    Features and Regular Departments
    Rates and Closing Dates
    Mechanical Specifications and Shipping
    Contingencies.org
    2008 Advertisers

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    FEATURES
        Horse Sense
            Using Applied Mathematics to Game the System
        Contingencies
            20 Years and Counting
        Health Care Reform: Learning from Others
            Israel
        The European Cross-Border Market
            High Worth, Low Visibility
        Special Section
            2009 Software Showcase
    INSIDE TRACK
        Contingencies Goes Platinum
    PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
        Here's to No. 2
    COMMENTARY
        The 401(k) Experiment
    UP TO CODE
        Student of Change
    POLICY BRIEFING
        Confronting the Challenge of Health Care Reform
    WORKSHOP
        Picture This--A Graphic Approach to Reinsurance Risk Analysis
    TRADECRAFT
        The Recession and P/C Claim Activity
    BOOKLINKS
        Is God a Mathematician?
    CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        Agonister
    PUZZLES
        Road Trip
    END PAPER
        Send us a Prophet

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