2012 Milliman Medical Index
Average healthcare costs for American families exceed $20,000 for the first time.
Insurance & Risk Management
A cost-effective approach to casualty claims analytics
A results-oriented approach to claims analytics can reduce costs and provide immediate benefits, especially to small insurers.
Employee Benefits & Investment
Advances in managing pension asset volatility
Plan fiduciaries charged with growing and nurturing plan portfolios, endowments, and other trust funds, may want to consider new strategies.
Systems thinking: Looking at risk management holistically
Looking at a full holistic picture as a first step may sound daunting and fruitless—but it is exactly what we need to do.
2012 Pension Funding Study
Decline in discount rates drives pension plans to record deficits in 2011.
The high cost of 401(k) hardship withdrawals
The hard financial consequences of making a hardship request.
Healthcare
Measuring the strength of the individual mandate
An analysis of the individual mandate’s penalties in relation to the expected out-of-pocket premium for bronze-level coverage in the individual market.
Delivering retirement benefits to a diverse and growing workforce
Fortune 1000 retailer Cabela’s relies on Milliman’s expertise to help tailor retirement benefits for a growing base of employees.
New ways to manage retiree benefits
Milliman offers a four-step strategy for managing GASB 45 sticker shock.
Turning data into a competitive advantage
Predictive analytics help identify the most profitable customer segments—and the least.
The competitive pension plan
For corporations with large pension plans, having an effective investment strategy can deliver a significant competitive advantage.
Helping a hospital survive
When a small hospital system faced a 1,000% increase in insurance costs, a captive insurance program helped retain access to healthcare in its rural community.
Withstanding severe market declines
A financial risk management strategy can help your retirement plan weather volatile market conditions.
FutureCost
This powerful modeling tool projects a pension plan's assets and liabilities over the next 10 or more years.
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Milliman Medical Index
CO-OP Point of View
How can CO-OPs gain market share?
Monthly Benefit News & Developments
MBND, May 2012
Market Commentary
Market Commentary - 1st Quarter 2012
DB Digest
Simplify your pension administration–Locate and retire your term-vested participants
Longevity Risk
Book on longevity risk edited by Milliman's Emma McWilliam
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What Do You Think? Preparing for the Question That All Clients Ask
Milliman Chairman Brad Smith's new book stresses the importance of client communications.
Stochastic modeling—Theory and reality from an actuarial perspective
A guide that provides the mathematical and statistical framework needed for the development of stochastic models.
