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Leon Langlitz, FSA, of our Kansas City office, will speak on September 2, 2010 at Kansas Insurance Institute 2010 in Overland Park, Kansas. His speech, entitled "What Happened? Actuaries and Their Love Affair with Risk", deals with Life Reserves/Risk-Focused Approach.

Glenn Tobleman, FSA, FCAS, of our Dallas office, will be a facilitator at the 2010 Valuation Actuary Symposium's Session 48 IF - Valuation Actuary Forum in Chicago in September. This interactive forum provides appointed actuaries and others with high-level involvement the opportunity to discuss with their industry peers the issues of greatest interest to them in fulfilling their duties and responsibilities.

Leon Langlitz, FSA, of our Kansas City office, will speak on aspects of the Healthcare Reform Legislation at the NALC 2010 Fall Conference in Stowe, Vermont in September.

Roger Annin, FSA, FIA, of our London & Kansas City offices, will speak at the Life Settlement Conference in Las Vegas sponsored by Deal Flow Media in October. He will speak on the topic: "Accounting Standards to Value Life Settlement Portfolios". His comments will reflect on the changing landscape for NAV determinations and why audited and regulatory reporting under international and US standards may not fully reflect actual portfolio value.

Leon Langlitz, FSA, of our Kansas City office, will facilitate a round table discussion on Current Topics Affecting Smaller Insurance Companies (session 83) at the SOA 2010 Annual Meeting & Exhibit in New York City in October.

Health Care reform has been in the news for some time. Recently the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4782) were passed and they will have far reaching effects for the health insurance industry. Lewis & Ellis' health actuaries have studied these Acts in order to provide expert guidance to more…

Cabe Chadick, FSA, of our Dallas office, and John Stenson, FSA, of Kaiser Permanente presented An SOA Research Study - Evaluation of IBNR Methods for Medical Claims Webcast on Tuesday, April 13. This webcast reviewed how the study was conducted and its' results.

Gary Rose, FSA of our Kansas City office, Max J. Rudolph of Rudolph Financial Consulting LLC, and Russel L. Sutter of Towers Watson presented the Best Practices for an Insurance Consulting Actuary to Apply the ASOPs webinar which was moderated by J.P. Neal of Towers Watson. The audiocast was cosponsored by the Conference of Consulting Actuaries and the American Academy of Actuaries on Wednesday, April 7.

We are pleased to announce that Patrick Glenn has become an Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society as a result of successfully completing the CAS Course on Professionalism in December 2009. Patrick has the distinction of having earned the Certified Public Accountant and the Associate of the Society of Actuaries designations as well as the Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society designation.

Roger Annin, FSA, FIA of our London & Kansas City offices, was recently appointed to the Actuarial Committee of Life Expectancy Best Practices to represent underwriting interests in defining mortality for actual to expected industry results. This is a committee appointed by the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA).

Roger Annin, FSA, FIA of our London & Kansas City offices, was recently appointed to the Society of Actuaries' Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys. Roger will be particularly focused on the issue of mortality improvement. This committee provides ongoing research into industry practices and data available for definition of mortality curves.

Scott Gibson, FSA and Jackie Lee, FSA of our Dallas office, attended the Life Settlement Trade Mission which was scheduled for two days in London, one day in Luxembourg, and one day in Zurich. Both moderated several sessions which included "Industry Best Practices" and "What Investors Can Find In This Market". The Trade Mission, which was cosponsored by America's Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) and the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA), presented a multi-national, fact filled event that started on February 23rd, 2010. In a coordinated overseas effort, participants met with interested investors in the three nations. European investors with multinational interests also presented their views. Local interested investors attended at each locale.

Scott Gibson, FSA of our Dallas office, was recently appointed to chair the Data Transfer and Privacy Best Practices Committee of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA). The committee has been placed in charge of developing a standard and format for the secure transfer and collection of highly sensitive life settlement information. It is anticipated that a web based system will be developed to accomplish these long awaited needs.

Scott Gibson, FSA of our Dallas office, was recently appointed to chair the Actuarial Committee of Life Expectancy Best Practices that has been placed in charge of deriving the underlying mortality table that will be the standard used in the life settlement industry in the measurement of life expectancy "actual-to-expected" ratios.

We are pleased to announce that Wesley R. Campbell, Sarah A. Hoover, and Jacqueline B. Lee have become Fellows of the Society of Actuaries as a result of successfully completing the Fellowship Admissions Course in September 2009.

Roger Annin, FSA, FIA, of our London office, Lewis & Ellis UK Ltd, will manage life settlement activities for both the London and Kansas City offices. Roger will spend time in both locations over the next year, providing life settlement market expertise to both domestic and overseas clients.

L&E has had its GSA Schedule Contract Number GS-23F-0083N under Schedule Number 520 - Financial and Business Solutions extended by the GSA for another five year period. Our service area is actuarial services. The contract award period is from Dec. 12, 2007 through Dec. 11, 2012. Interested parties can check out our GSA Advantage Contractor Catalog.

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In a proactive move, Scott Gibson and Jackie Lee of our Dallas office, created a tool to help you better understand and make optimal use of the recently released Life Insurance Settlement Association's (LISA) common life expectancy (LE) tables with the creation of the "LE Mortality Calculator"; whereby they have graciously donated this tool to LISA.

Don't miss your opportunity to get this excellent industry tool! LISA is making this calculator available to members and non-members alike. The Calculator is free for members and $500 for non-members. To receive your copy of the calculator, simply send your request to support@lisassociation.org.

This easy to use calculator has a number of benefits, including:

Automatically calculate and graph LE's

Make quick LE estimates, with a simple click & go system

Compare 2010 LISA tables to both the 2001 and 2008 VBT integrated tables

Wonderful educational tool

Allows industry professionals to gain a better understanding of LE analysis

See how various features of the calculator will/can affect an LE, like the "Mortality Multiplier" feature

And much more!

Further details are included in insurancenewsnet.com's LISA Releases Life Expectancy (LE) Calculator article.