Fellow Exam Textbooks
Group & Health Track
Individual Life and Annuities Track
Retirement Benefits Track
Group & Health Track
Group Insurance
Since its original publication in 1992, Group Insurance has become the resource of choice for experts as well as beginners. It is an essential tool for anyone who wishes to practice in the group benefits field. This text is a required reading for several SOA Group Health Exams.
Individual Health Insurance
This book covers the history of the individual marketplace, the role of government health policy, products currently available, regulation, and all aspects of the development and management of this business. It is a valuable comprehensive resource for those working in the field, whether they are actuaries, managers of payers or providers, or policymakers. This text is a required reading for several SOA Group Health Exams.
Insuring Long Term Care
Long-term care (LTC) is mostly a newer problem for people. The market for traditional long-term care insurance is weak, but the need for insuring long-term care is strong. This textbook explores the risks of long-term care and how US insurers have managed this risk, with an eye to educate actuaries and risk managers, and facilitate new means of insuring long-term care for consumers. This text is a required reading for a SOA Group Health Exam.
Healthcare Risk Adjustment & Predictive Modeling
Healthcare Risk Adjustment and Predictive Modeling, 2nd Edition, provides a comprehensive guide to healthcare actuaries and other professionals interested in healthcare data analytics, risk adjustment and predictive modeling. This text is a required reading for a SOA Group Health Exam.
Managing and Evaluating Healthcare Intervention Programs
Care and Disease Management programs have grown to be a significant component of Managed Care in the U.S. and abroad. While much has been written on the clinical aspects of programs, this is the first textbook devoted to financial management and evaluation of healthcare intervention programs. It promises to become essential reading for those healthcare professionals interested in driving return on their Investment in care management programs. This text is a required reading for a SOA Group Health Exam.
Individual Life and Annuities Track
Life, Health & Annuity Reinsurance
Life, Health & Annuity Reinsurance addresses the many issues and considerations involved in reinsurance for life, health and annuity companies. Although written by actuaries, it may be read by anyone interested in the topic and does not require an actuarial background. This text is a required reading for an SOA ILA Exam.
Statutory Valuation of Individual Life and Annuity Contracts
The primary goal of this book is to provide an understanding of the "old" and the "new" methods. Specifically, it covers the basic principles of the statutory valuation of individual life insurance and annuity contracts in the United States, including experience studies, model governance, and risk-based capital. This text is a required reading for a SOA Individual Life & Annuities Exam.
Retirement Benefits Track
Fundamentals of Retiree Group Benefits
Retiree group benefits have earned a reputation for being difficult to understand. Half retirement benefit and half group insurance -- few professionals have mastered both fields. Complex finances blend the world of pension mathematics and health plan pricing. This text is a required reading for several SOA Retirement Exams.
Pension Mathematics for Actuaries
Pension Mathematics for Actuaries is an intermediate level textbook covering the mathematics of pension funding and valuation, including a discussion of ancillary benefits, contributory plans, assets, and the selection of actuarial assumptions. This text is a required reading for several SOA Exams.
