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Axiom Actuarial Consulting was named MBE of the Week by the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council ...

Thomas Marra, FSA, was named president and CEO of Symetra Financial ...

Consulting Magazine names Joel Hoffman, ASA, MAAA, to "Top 25" consultants lst ...

Genworth Financial names Timothy Herr, ASA, MAAA, senior vice president, brokerage general agency distribution ...

The Principal Financial Group names Ned Burmeister, FSA, MAAA, senior vice president and COO, Principal International ...

Humana names Roy Goldman, FSA, CERA, MAAA, vice president and chief actuary ...

CIGNA HealthCare names Stephanie Gorman Hurlbut, FSA, MAAA, president and general manager in Arizona ...

Gregory Chrispin, ASA, was appointed vice president of investments at Dejardins Group ...

FBL Financial Group names Russell J. Wiltgen, FSA, MAAA, chief actuary ...

Cassidy Retirement Group welcomes Charlie Cahill, FSA, MAAA, to its staff ...

Alex N. Moral, FSA, MAAA, was promoted to senior vice president, Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solutions ...

Michael Frank, ASA, MAAA, FCA, was elected president of the Actuarial Society of New York ...

Clint Cary, FSA, MAAA, joins Aon Consulting as senior vice president...

Aon Consulting hired Yannick Gagne, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, as senior vice president ...

Munich American Re Welcomes Dieter Gaubatz, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, as head of biometric research ...

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. named Daniel R. Guilbert, FSA, MAAA, as chief actuary of Hartford Life ...

West Bancorporation, Inc. Names James W. Noyce, FCAS, ASA, MAAA, to Board of Directors ...

Michael Farley, FSA, CERA, MAAA, has been named chief financial officer of U.S. business for Transamerica Reinsurance ...

M. Timothy Corbett, FSA, MAAA, fills state treasurer's CIO vacancy ...

IRS selects Kathryn Kennedy to join its Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities ...

American Agricultural Insurance Co Names Janet Katz, FCAS, MAAA, Executive Vice President and CEO ...

FBL Financial Group Names James E. Hohmann, FCAS, ASA, MAAA, Chief Executive Officer ...

BCBSNC Appoints Gerald Petkau, FSA, MAAA, Chief Financial Officer ...

New York Life Names Michael Gallo , FSA, MAAA, to Head Up Long-Term Care Operation ...

Zurich names Mike Kerner, FCAS, MAAA, CEO of its Global Corporate in North America Business ...

Arthur Cadorine, ACAS, MAAA, received the American Society of Workers Comp Professionals' Legends Award for his contributions to the workers' compensation insurance industry ...

Terri Vaughan, ASA, ACAS, MAAA, Ph.D, was named NAIC's new CEO ...

Keith Floman, FSA, MAAA, was promoted to senior vice president at AXA Equitable ...

Larry Bruning, FSA, was awarded the Robert Dineen Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in insurance regulation ...

Rebecca Amoroso, Alison Borland and Susan Cross were all named by Business Insurance as this year's "Women to Watch."

Abbe Bensimon, FCAS, MAAA, joins EMB as a c-counsel consultant ...

Craig Nordyke, FSA, MAAA, was named vice president and chief actuary at Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company ...

American Academy of Actuaries honored Henry Siegel, FSA, MAAA, with the 2008 Jarvis Farley Service Award ...

American Academy of Actuaries announces new board members ...

American Academy of Actuaries honors Nancy Kichak, ASA, MAAA ...

Chuck Longiotti, FSA, MAAA, was named Central West Regional Director of Aon Consulting ...

John C.R. Hele, FSA, MAAA, FCIA, named CFO of Arch Captial Group ...

AXA Equitable promotes Claude Methot, ASA, to executive vice president ...

Aetna Names Gery Barry, FSA, MAAA, chief strategy officer ...

SSQ Financial Group Names Rene Hamel, ASA, CEO ...

Towers Perrin appoints Prakash Shimpi, FSA, MAAA, CERA, CEO of the newly created Towers Perrin Capital Markets ...

Institute of Actuaries awards Dr. Phelim Boyle, FCIA, a Gold Medal for his 30 years of contributions to actuarial science ...

Peachtree hired Nicola Barrett, FSA, MAAA, as vice president of capital markets ...

Ultimate Risk Solutions appointed Anders Ericson, ACAS, MAAA managing director of North American operations ...

Sadiq Adatia, FSA, FCIA, was promoted to CIO of Russell Investments Canada ...

Terry Lillis, FSA, MAAA, named CFO of Principal Financial Group ...

Mark Lyons, ACAS, MAAA, was promoted to chairman and CEO of Arch Worldwide Insurance Group ...

Rebecca C. Amoroso, FCAS, MAAA, to Be Honored as APIW 2008 Insurance Woman of the Year ... 

USAA Names Kristi Matus, FSA, MAAA, CFO ...

Five Insurance Legends Named at ReFocus 2008 Conference ...

Assurant Employee Benefits Appoints Miles Yakre, FSA, MAAA, CFO ...

StanCorp Financial Appoints Floyd Chadee, FSA, CFO ...

NLASCO Group Names David Lacefield, ACAS, MAAA, Executive Vice President ...

Joseph Gilmour, FSA, is named chief financial officer of Transamerica Reinsurance ... 

SMART Business Advisory and Consulting announces expansion of its life actuarial practice ...

Jay Brown, FCAS, MAAA, returns to MBIA, resuming prior positions as chairman and chief executive officer ... 

Larry Langer, ASA, MAAA, joins Buck Consultants as Principal ... 

Partner Re names Eric Gesick chief actuarial officer ...

Mary Forrest, FSA, FCIA, was appointed president and CEO of Munich Re's Canadian and Caribbean life and health reinsurance operations ... 

Timothy Tongson, FSA, MAAA, joins Conseco as senior vice president, corporate actuarial ... 

Gary Wendlandt, FSA, elected to board of directors of New York Life Insurance Company ...

SOA names Bykerk president for 2008-09 term ...

Claude Methot, ASA, joins AXA Equitable ...

Craig A. Merdian, FSA, MAAA, joins New York Life International as executive vice president and CFO ...

The Hartford appoints David Levenson, FSA, as CEO of Hartford Life Ins K. K. in Japan ...

Society of Actuaries names Greg Heidrich executive director ...

Brian Wilson, FSA, MAAA, joins Pharmaceutical Strategies Group as pharmacy benefit consultant ...

Nationwide Financial names Eric Henderson , FSA, MAAA, to lead individual investments group ...

Sandy Gibson,
ASA, MAAA, was promoted to executive vice president, external operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona ...

AIG VALIC names Laurel S. Cochennet, FSA, MAAA, vice president and director of consulting relations ...

New Survey Looks at Pension Risk Management and Impact on Funding Gap ...

Charles Rinehart, FCAS, was appointed to the Safeco board of directors ...

HCC Named Annette Goodreau, FCAS, MAAA, senior vice president and chief actuary ...

Appalachian State University to offer degree in actuarial science beginning in August ...

The Casualty Actuarial Society elected Thomas G. Myers, FCAS, ASA, MAAA, president ...

Alain Brunet, FSA, FCA, was appointed senior vice-president of insurance and president of National Bank Insurance ...

The Casualty Actuarial Society, ERM Institute International, Ltd (ERM-II), and the CAS/SOA Risk Management Section have released the results of a major research project titled "Enterprise Risk Management for Property-Casualty Insurance Companies ...

Denis Cloutier, FCIA, FCAS, MAAA, and Tom Duffy, FCAS, MAAA were named to new positions at Kingsway


   

Actuaries in the News

Potential Pandemic Still Could Cost Nearly $300 Billion FromWorkforce Management This article cites SOA research on pandemics.

N.J. Patients Deserve to Know Health Care Costs Before Getting the Bill From NJToday.net The SOA's survey on Bending the Cost Curve was noted in this article on health care costs.

RiskChat: Paying Attention to Compensation From BigFatFinanceBlog Karen deToro, FSA, MAAA, was featured in an interview on incentive compensation.

Study Puts Cost of Medical Errors at $19.5 Billion From Wall Street Journal Jim Toole, FSA, CERA, MAAA, is quoted in this article about the SOA study on medical errors.

The Cost of Medical Errors From Nightly Business Report Jim Toole, FSA, CERA, MAAA, appeared in this Aug. 9, 2010 episode on the cost of medical errors. Note: the segment begins 8:50 into the video.