Ruark Consulting is an Event Sponsor at the Equity-Based Insurance Guarantees Conference taking place in Chicago on November 14 & 15, 2011. Tim Paris is the presenter on November 15 of “Policyholder Behavior Trends, Dynamics & Cohorts for VA’s and IA’s”. Stop by and see Tim and his associates. More information on the conference can be found at the SOA website at:
SOA Equity-Based Insurance Guarantees Conference
I’ve just returned from Seattle, where I attended the National Association of Dental Plans’ very successful CONVERGE conference. I’ve been to several NADP conferences now, and think they do a great job lining up a variety of interesting speakers and topics. Maybe I’m biased because I was a speaker – but I enjoyed other sessions and believe I’d make that statement anyway! The extremely high attendence this year also backs me up. The NADP staff also did a great job handling the logistics with such a large crowd; everything seemed to go off without a hitch.
I am very excited to be presenting two workshop sessions at the National Association of Dental Plans’ annual CONVERGE conference, in Seattle September 20 – 23, 2010. In “Drilling Out from the Recession: Has the Economy Had an Impact on Dental Claims?” on Tuesday the 21st at 10:30, I will discuss how utilization and cost patterns changed in 2008 and 2009 as the recession took hold. This topic has been of great interest to all dental carriers for the last two years, and I’ve found both noteworthy common patterns and interesting variations among companies’ experiences.