- Milliman Market Monitor London - 31 October 2018
By Neil Dissanayake, Peter Lin | 13 November 2018
European equity market returns suffered the largest monthly decline in 2018, with signs of concern for high equity valuation, continuing trade tensions and tightening of monetary policies.
- Disruption without distortion: How to seamlessly integrate insurtech initiatives into the loss reserving process
By Thomas A. Ryan | 13 November 2018
How can insurers better manage the potential disruptive impact of insurtech initiatives?
- Giving nonqualified deferred compensation plans their due diligence in M&As: Part 1: 409A fitness
By Henrik Patel, Dominick Pizzano | 12 November 2018
This article reviews the potential pitfalls that nonqualified deferred compensation plan sponsors may face as they attempt to successfully navigate an M&A to a conclusion that is satisfactory to both the organization and those executives chosen to lead the surviving entity.
- Monthly Benefit News and Developments, November 2018
By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 12 November 2018
Monthly benefits news and developments in the United States.
- Pension Funding Index November 2018
By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia | 09 November 2018
In October, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans declined by $13 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI).
- Are you ready for New York State Medicaid value-based payment models?
By Brett Friedman, Rebecca L. Johnson, Howard Kahn | 08 November 2018
This paper provides a high-level overview of the New York State value-based payment models, discusses the opportunities and challenges for providers considering participation in them, and highlights the needs for sophisticated actuarial, financial, and legal expertise to address the inherent business, legal, and operational risks.
- Lost in the mists of time
By David Benbow | 07 November 2018
Plan sponsors should have solid procedures in place for locating lost participants and initiating their benefit payments- or they could end up spending a lot of time documenting the details or perhaps defending their actions (or inactions) in an audit.
- Home-sharing insurance: Who has your back when you rent out your home?
By Dana S. Ryan | 05 November 2018
How does insurance work with home-sharing services?
- Benefits Perspectives: November 2018
By Joe Becker, Michelle N. Angeloni, Brandy N. Millen, Rebekah D. Bayram | 05 November 2018
This issue of Benefits Perspectives features an article comparing and contrasting three volatility-based investment strategies and discussing the implications of applying them in a retirement plan and an article about managing pharmacy costs through focused analytics.
- COLAs for retirement, Social Security, and health benefits for 2019
By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 05 November 2018
CAB 18-4: The Social Security Administration and the IRS have announced cost-of-living adjusted figures for Social Security and retirement plan benefits, respectively, for 2019.