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 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline http://images-cdn.dashdigital.com/contingenciesonline/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1369419289000 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/20130506 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/20130506        Contents
    Features
        Rethinking Retirement
        My Dinner with Ben
        Better Tools in the Toolbox
        The Path to Patenthood
    Departments
        Inside Track
            Golden Years
        President's Message
            Meeting the Challenge of Health Care Reform
        Letters
        Commentary
            Are Actuaries Nerds?
        Up to Code
            There's an App for That
        Special Section
            2013 Software Showcase
        Workshop
            A Proposal for Better Life Insurance
        Tradecraft
            Deploying Analytics Intelligently
        Booklinks
            The Physics of Wall Street
        Statistical Miscellany
            Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Switcheroo
        Bridge Puzzle
            An Intermediate Bridge Problem
        Puzzles
            Word Up
        End Paper
            When Is It Time to Hang Up the Holster?

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    Professional Jealousy
    U.S. Actuarial Compensation
    On Deck: The Next Generation of Actuaries
    Americans Abroad—Accessing the Overseas Job Market
    Unemployment Challenges: A Cautionary Tale

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    Features
        Stormy Weather
            Protecting the U.S. Power Grid from Solar Squalls
        Health Care Reform Shifts to the States
        The Next Great Thing in Predictive Modeling
        Hurricane Warning
            Managing Natural Hazards in an Era of Climate Change
    Departments
        Inside Track
            So Many Risks, So Little Time
        President's Mesage
            Market Viability
        Letters
        Commentary
            Avoiding Sweden's Mistakes in Social Security Reform
        Up to Code
            Moral Turpitude
        Workshop
            A New Valuation Paradigm
        Tradecraft
        Statistical Miscellany
            Income at Risk: Gaps in Long-Term Disability Coverage
        Cultivating Corporate Innovation
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Tetrahedron
        Puzzles
            Systems of Equations
        End Paper
            Psychohistorians and Actuaries

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    Features
        Risk-Based Modeling Comes of Age
        Actuarial Bookworm
        My Generation
        Tipping the Scales
    Departments
        Inside Track
            Voice of the Profession
        President's Message
            Civic Service
        Letters
        Commentary
            Auspices, Auguries, Actuaries, and Agents
        Up to Code
            New Year's Resolution
        Workshop
            Going Bare: A Snapshot of Homeowners' and Property Coverage During the Recession
        Tradecraft
            How a Change in Tax Code Might Help Sales of Long-Term Care Insurance
        Statistical Miscellany
            On Call: Using Cell Phones to Find Health Information
        Cryptic Puzzle
            South of the Equator
        Puzzles
            Nine Coins Problem, Revisited
        End Paper
        A New Attitude for the New Year

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    Get Better ROI From Your BI
    Inside Job - Using Internal Models for ORSA Compliance
    Stage-Managing Actuarial Data
    Statistical Miscellany: Password Fatigue
    Statistical Miscellany: Face Time Critical to Business Communications

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    Features
        From the Office of Franz Kafka
        Behavior Management: A Look at Wellness Programs Worldwide
        Modeling Obesity
        Lives Well Lived
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Dream Job
        President's Message
            In the Public Interest
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Measuring the Likelihood of Retirement Planning Success
        UP TO CODE
            Modeling to Code
        SPECIAL SECTION
            Recruiters
        STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP
        WORKSHOP
            Probability and the 80-20 Rule
        TRADECRAFT
            Managing Big Data
        BOOKLINKS
            Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Benefits Education and Employee Morale
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Widdershins
        PUZZLES
            Swan Song
        END PAPER
            Examining Exams

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    First Magazine for Actuaries
    Subscribers Profile
    2013 Editorial Calendar
    Features and Regular Departments
    Rates and Closing Dates
    Mechanical Specifications
    Online Advertising: Reach Your Target Market Faster
    2012 Advertisers
    More Exposure Means More Opportunities

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    Features
        Rethinking Reinsurance: Ingredients for a Winning Strategy
        The Brave New World of Social Media Analytics
        Managing Risk in the Long-Term Care Insurance Reinstatement Process
        Notes From the College Classroom
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Real Numbers
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
            All In for the Win-Win
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Marooned in Morocco
        UP TO CODE
            Let's Be Perfectly Clear
        POLICY BRIEFING
            Actuaries, Medical Professional Liability Reform, and Groundhog Day
        SPECIAL SECTION
            SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit
        WORKSHOP
            Revising Civil War Death Counts Using Actuarial Methods
        TRADECRAFT
            Poor Underwriting Practices Spark Life Settlement Losses
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Best and Brightest Looking to Pink-Slip Employers
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Spiral Galaxy
        PUZZLES
            Raiders of the Lost Arkenstone
        END PAPER
            Sweet Land of Liberty

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    Features
        Breach of Faith—Taking Cyber Risk Seriously
        Taking the Long View on Long–Term Care Reform
        The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program Turns 10
        Skin in the Game—Mortality Difference in NFL and MLB Players and the General Population
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
        PRESIDENT'S MESAGE
        LETERS
        COMMENTARY
        UP TO CODE
        SPECIAL SECTION
        WORKSHOP
        TRADECRAFT
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        PUZZLES
        END PAPER

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    Features
        Knowing Me, Knowing You
            Why Cognitive Science Matters to Actuarial Science
        Market Timing
            In Search of the Going Rate
        Micro Risk Management
            Identifying Small-Business Risk
        Workers' Comp Predictive Modeling Comes of Age
            (And Not a Minute Too Soon)
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Human Nature
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
            Path of Professionalism
        LETTERS
        UP TO CODE
            Peer Review
        SPECIAL SECTION
            2012 Software Showcase
        WORKSHOP
            Validation With Simulations
        TRADECRAFT
            Who Moved My Deductible?
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Survey Exposes Significant Gap in Personal Finance Skills
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Transactions
        PUZZLES
            Rubber Band Man
        END PAPER
            The Importance of the Now

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    Features
        Solvency II: An Update for U.S. Practitioners
            2014 Solvency II
        Follow the Leader
        Come Together
            Building a Better Mortality Model
        Health Care Reform: Learning From Others
            A Global Perspective on Financing Long-Term Care
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            History Lesson
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
            Past as Prologue
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Reinsuring Catastrophic Health Care
        UP TO CODE
            Am I Qualified?
        WORKSHOP
            The Family Connection in Exceptional Longevity
        TRADECRAFT
            Improving Claims Handling With Predictive Analytics
        BOOKLINKS
            Ed King
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Face-to-Face Versus Virtual Meetings
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Pyramid Scheme
        PALINDROMIC PUZZLE
            Fishing Expedition
        PUZZLES
            National Mathematics Year
        END PAPER
            On Regulation

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    The Case for Social Media
    U.S. Actuarial Compensation
    Going Social
    Creating a Killer Actuarial Résumé
    The Actuarial Artist
    Insurance Industry Compensation

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