“5 Things Actuaries Are Saying About Death Now,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor “Life insurers use their own private mortality data, and general life insurance industry mortality data, to design and price life insurance policies and annuities. Some of the top mortality experts in the world are the life insurance and pension actuaries who work on Society of Actuary (SOA) mortality analyses. Three SOA actuaries— R. Jerome Holman, Cynthia MacDonald and Peter Miller — recently released a new mortality report, ‘U.S. Population Mortality Observers: Updated with 2017 Experience.’ … Here’s a look at five things that happened to U.S. mortality in 2017,
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“Medicare Advantage industry sees slower growth for 2019,” by Shelby Livingston, Modern Healthcare “Medicare Advantage insurers added 1.4 million members to their rosters for 2019 coverage, as they looked to grow membership in a market known for being politically safe and predictably lucrative. But Advantage membership is growing at slower pace compared with previous years.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): “[A] market known for being politically safe and predictably lucrative” sounds too much like crony socialism. So with everything going for it—beneficial policy, political support, consumer preference and better profit margins—why is MA
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