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 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline http://images-cdn.dashdigital.com/contingenciesonline/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1325484676000 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/20120102 http://www.contingenciesonline.com/contingenciesonline/20120102        Contents
    Features
        Pillars of the Profession: Charles Trenerry, William Sutton Gover, and Frederick Hendriks
        Which CE Requirement Applies to Me?
        Academic Dividend
        Claim the Future
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            What Are the Odds?
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
            What Future Lies Ahead?
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Catastrophe Management: Moving Beyond the Models
        UP TO CODE
            Types of Discipline
        WORKSHOP
            Mortality Compression and Longevity Limits
        TRADECRAFT
            A Mortality-Based Approach to Claims Reserving for Workers' Compensation
        BOOKLINKS
            Retirement Heist
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Made in China
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Seeds
        PALINDROMIC PUZZLE
            Fishing Expedition
        PUZZLES
            Elementary Economics
        END PAPER
            Meeting Mr. Cub

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    Features
        CLASS Conflict: Expanding Long-Term Care Options in a Tight Economy
        Covering the Cost of Long-Term Care
        A Good Death
        David Graham Phillips and the Great American Insurance Novel
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
        UP TO CODE
        SPECIAL SECTION
        WORKSHOP
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
        TRADECRAFT
        BOOKLINKS
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        PUZZLES
        END PAPER

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    The Benefits of Numerical Libraries
    Cluster-Distance Sampling for Tail Estimation of Probability
    Predictive Modeling's New Lease on Life
    Harnessing the Power of High-Performance Computing

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    Features
        The Future of Public Pension Plans
        The Growth of Takaful
        System Dynamics—Building a Better Mode
        A Rock and a Hard Place
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
        COMMENTARY
        UP TO CODE
        SPECIAL SECTION
        WORKSHOP
        TRADECRAFT
        AFTER HOURS
        BOOKLINKS
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        PUZZLES
        END PAPER

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    Features
        Seismic Resilience
            The Case for Integrated Disaster Management
        Shake, Rattle, and Roll Over
        The Evolving Actuarial Workplace
        Born to Be Wild
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            No Man Is an Island
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
            Find Your Place in the Profession
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Longevity Investment Hedges: Monetizing Mortality
        UP TO CODE
            International Compliance
        SPECIAL SECTION
            ReInsurance
        WORKSHOP
            The Effect of Automatic Balancing on the Extreme Elderly in Japan's Public Pension System
        TRADECRAFT
            Marital Status and Preretirement Death Benefits
        HUMOR
            In Search of Good Golf
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Staying in Touch
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Operas and Presidents
        PUZZLES
            Fight Club
        END PAPER
            Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

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    Features
        Under Pressure
        Mexico's Road to Solvency II
        Growing Pains
        An Ounce of Prevention
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
        UP TO CODE
        WORKSHOP
        TRADECRAFT
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        PUZZLES
        END PAPER

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    Features
        ERM and Business Intelligence
            Lessons from World War II Codebreakers
        Product Recall
        Lloyd's
            A Business Survival Story
        Financial Game
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
        UP TO CODE
        WORKSHOP
        TRADECRAFT
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        PUZZLES
        END PAPER

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    Features
        Tainted Shelter
            The Dilemma of Defective Drywall
        Gene Knowledge
        Risk Adjustment in Health Care Funding
        An Actuarial Field Guide to a Long and Healthy Retirement
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Knowledge Is Power
        PRESIDENT 'S MESSAGE
            Global Positioning
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Seize the Moment—Health Care Reform and Workers' Comp
        UP TO CODE
            Comments on Changing the Disciplinary Process
        WORKSHOP
            Inflation Risk
        STATISTICAL MISCELLANY
            Rich or Thin?
        TRADECRAFT
            Market Update: Solvency II
        BOOKLINKS
            The Decline of the Traditional Pension: A Comparative Study of Threats to Retirement Security
            How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
            Ars Poetica
        PUZZLES
            Hoop Dreams
        END PAPER
            Are You a Lucky Card Holder?

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    Features
        You Bet Your Life: Advice for the Wary Consumer
        Actuaries and Life Settlements
        Weighing the Benefits
            The Economics of Obesity Surgery
        Mortality Makeover
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
            Living Well Is the Best Revenge
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
            The Right Thing
        LETTERS
        COMMENTARY
            Extended Reporting for Death, Disability, and Retirement Liabilities
        UP TO CODE
            Materiality
        SPECIAL SECTION
            Recruiters
        WORKSHOP
            Understanding the Failure of Diversification
        AFTER HOURS
            Pet Project
        TRADECRAFT
            Pharmacy Profiles and Life Underwriting
        BOOKLINKS
            Complexity Science: An Introduction (and invitation) for Actuaries and Cellular Automata: A Discrete View of the World
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Squares
        Puzzles
            The Old College Try
        End Paper
            Choice

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    Features
        The Case for Credit-Based Insurance Scores
        Notes on Insurance Credit Scoring
        Enhanced Credibility: Actuarial Science and the Renaissance of Bayesian Thinking
        Health Care Reform: Learning from Others
            Japan
            Singapore
    Departments
        Inside Track
            Δ = k
        President's Message
            Stepping Back to Look Forward
        Letters
        Commentary
            10 Reasons to Review a Mature Captive
        Up to Code
            Are You a Rule Follower?
        Special Section
            SOA Annual Meeting
        Workshop
            The Tax Deductibility of Unpaid Employee Welfare Benefit Claims
        Tradecraft
            Managing Warranty Goodwill
        Humor
            Dumb Power
        Booklinks
            Euler's Gem
        Statistical Miscellany
            Customer Service is Crucial to Repeat Business and Profitability
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Idolators
        Puzzles
            Leaving Las Vegas
        End Paper
            The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done

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    Features
        In Health Care Reform, the Play's the Thing
        Commutation Columns: A Brief and Sentimental History
        Playing the Reinsurance Game
        Information Upload: Accessing Web 2.0
    Departments
        INSIDE TRACK
        PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
        COMMENTARY
        UP TO CODE
        SPECIAL SECTION
        WORKSHOP
        TRADECRAFT
        BOOKLINKS
        CRYPTIC PUZZLE
        PUZZLES
        END PAPER

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    Features
        Pension Alteration—Fashioning an ERISA Makeover
        My Old School—
        How to Play "Jeopardy!" Like an Actuary
        Phone Facts—A Global Perspective on Teleunderwriting
    Departments
        Inside Track
            As Time Goes By
        President's Message
            A Spirit of Cooperation
        Letters
        Commentary
            The Case for Requiring 401(k) Providers to Hire Pension Actuaries
        Up to Code
            Your Comments Please: Changing the Disciplinary Process
        Special Section
            2010 Software Showcase
        Workshop
            Whose Guess is Best?
        Tradecraft
            D & O Coverage, Climate Risk, and a Greener Boardroom
        Statistical Miscellany
            2009 Catastrophic Events Costly to Insurers and Society
        Cryptic Puzzle
            Party Time
        Puzzles
            Sharing the Wealth
        End Paper
            Lessons from the Farm

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