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Group Captive Exit

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary on November 20, 2018

The topics covered in SIGMA’s blog often originate from questions that our CEO, Tim Coomer, receives when traveling to speak with our clients. Multiple questions have emerged from some of his recent trips regarding frustrations with group captives, how to exit a group captive, and how to review various alternatives including guaranteed cost and large […]

5 Straightforward Steps to Starting a Cayman Captive

By Timothy L. Coomer, Ph.D. on September 4, 2018

In the 1993 movie, The Firm, Tom Cruise plays the part of Mitch McDeere, a young lawyer who naively joins a law firm that is less than reputable. Mitch’s adventure leads him to the Cayman Islands, where you are led to believe all “bad” money goes to find a home. This type of representation of […]

Knowing the Risks of Using Internal Calculations

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary on August 27, 2018

Many companies don’t believe that their retained liabilities are big enough or complex enough to warrant hiring an actuary. Therefore, internal calculations are often completed using spreadsheets or various software tools. In some situations, these calculations may give a reasonable range of retained liabilities. However, the magnitude of the losses, the number of years involved, […]

The Balance of Quantitative Measures and Qualitative Information, a Community Effort

By Lori Ussery, Actuarial Consultant on March 6, 2018

Early last year, I visited the USS Midway Museum in San Diego. The museum offers tours of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, led by docents, many of whom served on the USS Midway or another vessel. As I toured the bridge and entered the chart room, the docent recalled the various measures for determining the carrier's […]

Delivering Safety Training to Today’s Connected Workers

By Timothy L. Coomer, Ph.D. on January 30, 2018

I’m a research guy who reads newly published academic articles like people used to read the morning paper. So, in my efforts to understand the value of safety training, I naturally dove into the research. During this process, I read a broad spectrum of safety research studies, and the entries below constitute two of the […]

Silent Evidence

By Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Consultant on December 13, 2017

What is silent evidence? How can I look for it? What benefit does it provide? As technology advances, companies are continuing to get better and better at capturing, manipulating, and examining data. One of the many results of this improvement is that the ability to differentiate your approach to risk management from others is gradually […]

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