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Inflation and Captive Analytics

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary and Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Consultant on February 9, 2023

Michelle Bradley and Enoch Starnes recently authored an article for Captive International titled "Inflation and Captive Analytics”. While US inflation rates have slowed in recent months, the 2022 annual rate is almost certain to at least double the country’s historical average. Apart from a select few outliers, the global economic landscape doesn’t appear to be […]

SIGMA's 2022 Highlights

By SIGMA Actuary on January 11, 2023

Obstacles and challenges in the insurance industry abounded in 2022, which presented difficulties globally. As we reflect on the last year, perhaps the largest challenge we faced as a firm was losing our beloved CEO, Timothy Coomer, PhD to a two year cancer battle. Tim’s original goal for SIGMA, which was to provide superb actuarial […]

Aggregate Loss Retentions and Changing Exposures

By Lori Ussery, Actuarial Consultant on December 12, 2022

As we approach year end, many companies are finalizing details for their 2023 policy renewal. Such policies may include annual aggregate limits (or retentions) on losses retained as part of a company’s self-insured retention (SIR) or deductible. While the per-occurrence retention places a cap on the amount a company retains per claim, the aggregate retention […]

Loss Development Factors: A Primer for Captives

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary and Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Consultant on November 9, 2022

Michelle Bradley and Enoch Starnes recently authored an article for Captive International titled “Loss Development Factors: A Primer for Captives”. In it, they summarize the basic attributes of loss development factors, discuss their impact on retained risk, and respond to common questions regarding their use. While the SIGMA team has written in the past about […]

'An Actuarial Advantage' Has Been Revised!

By SIGMA Actuary on October 20, 2022

Fifteen years ago, Tim Coomer created “An Actuarial Advantage” with the goal of educating his fellow insurance colleagues on actuarial concepts and methodology. With well over 100,000 copies of the book now in circulation, we are excited to publish a new edition marking the 15th Anniversary of its initial release. Even in light of the […]

Visualizing Risk Retention and Variation

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary and Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Consultant on September 21, 2022

Over ten years ago, Tim Coomer developed the “Cone of Uncertainty” graphic and wrote a corresponding article on the decisions surrounding risk assumption and retention levels. When Tim heard about concepts that SIGMA’s clients struggled to comprehend, he would often prepare a “one pager” to add to our educational resource library. The “Cone of Uncertainty” […]

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