You’ll see that this issue contains a President’s Welcome from Mark Walker in Section 2. You’ll also find important information concerning our upcoming venue in Las Vegas, November 7-10, from Karen Gritton, GUAA’s ace-in-the-hole professional meeting planner in Section 3, Vegas Venue. Karen also provides useful information about upcoming dates and locations of future GUAA meetings. My sincere thanks to Dr. Robert Shepherd, Vice President and Medical Director of Munich American Reassurance Company, for his extremely useful Medical Wellness Tip found in Section 4.

Wait! There’s plenty more! GUAA’s Committee Heads kindly submitted timely articles pertaining to what’s new and exciting in their respective fields. You’ll find the Committee Reports in Section 7. There’s no question that GUAA’s members are extremely talented and well versed in a number of different areas. With this in mind, we thought it would be wise to tap into this knowledge base and feature a Guest Expert Column in each exciting issue of Risk Review. Look for an excellent article by Tom Kirner, Smith Group and Curt Zepeda, ING Re, concerning survey results on High LTD Maximums in Section 6. For kicks, we even did a mini-profile on most of your GUAA Board Members in Section 5.

So there you have it! GUAA's Fall Edition of Risk Review is now tanned, rested and ready for your enjoyment. Please don’t hesitate to let us know how we are doing. Remember—this is your newsletter, so your feedback is extremely important to us. Lastly, my sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue, especially Tom Kirner for cracking the whip and soliciting articles from all the GUAA Committees. We hope you enjoy Risk Review…