Welcome to
Risk Review, GUAA’s award-winning
e-newsletter! We’re glad you dropped in. Please take the time to check
us out. Should you do so, we’re confident that you will find much to your
liking. Besides, I’m writing this at 36,000 feet, so that clearly means
that our little newsletter
must be worthy of your attention. After
all, I could be napping, reading, or even better yet, annoying my seatmate all
over again! My very important goal is to finish Editor’s Comments before
we land, so I better stop rambling and get down to the business of letting you
know what you’ll discover in the latest edition of
Risk Review.
First of all, you need to know that we’re busily gearing up for another
outstanding GUAA conference, this time at the Ritz Carlton in bustling downtown
Chicago. Once again, The Society of Actuaries will be joining us for our event.
The dates are June 24-27. You can find everything you need to know about our
exciting Chicago event in Karen Gritton’s
Meeting
Planner Notes. You can also learn a great deal more about our Chicago meeting
on the web at
www.guaa.com,
including detailed information on the various workshops and other educational
and networking opportunities that await you in Chicago.
This just in! Registering for GUAA just became super-easy! You now have
the option of paying for your registration online. And best of all, you could
use any of the major credit cards to register. Be sure and take advantage of
this new option, now available on our GUAA
website.
There are many people to thank for their efforts in contributing to
Risk
Review. An extra special thanks goes to
Laura Jamison
with Smith Group, for her well-researched and thought-provoking article on the
scary possibilities of a
Pandemic Flu in our not-too-distant
future. Anyone who is familiar with the 1918 Influenza Pandemic that resulted in an estimated 675,000
deaths in the U.S. (including my maternal grandfather’s 18 year-old
brother) is well aware of the potential nightmare we could all face.
More thanks go out to several of GUAA’s Committees for their contribution
to our newsletter. The Life, Dental and Disability Committees all weighed in
with timely articles.
Jennifer Kyle with Assurant previews
the
Dental Committee’s slate of workshops in
Chicago, and
Rich Clement with Smith Group focuses on the important
differences between “Good Case-Bad Case” in
disability
underwriting.
In addition,
Greg Binns with TruRisk offers a new approach
for a winning proposition with Group Life and Disability underwriting, and
Dr.
Robert Shepherd with Munich American Re talks about the importance
of a good night’s sleep in our Medical Wellness section.
Just for kicks, be sure and participate in the super-easy contest at the very
end of newsletter. Just identify
where the two pictures
were taken and email your answers to
jhiers@marclife.com
and you will automatically become eligible for a grand prize drawing for a $50
gift certificate to Borders Books and Tapes.
By the way, even though it’s brutally cold outside for many of us, it’s
nice to know that Spring Training is right around the corner. In spite of about
75 homers from the Phillies’ Ryan Howard, look for the Atlanta Braves
to recapture the NL East. Just remember—you read it here first!
That’s all I got, which is a good thing because some really officious
sounding flight attendant just told me to shut down my computer, or else. But
that’s OK. Besides, I’m done here—just like I said I would
be!
We sincerely hope you enjoy another stellar edition of
Risk Review…
Hold it! One more thing! Since it’s so cold outside these days, we thought
you might enjoy these sunset pictures taken by GUAA Board Member,
Anne
Marie Wood, and her husband, Reggie, at Mallory Square in Key West…
