Claude Penland: Actuary & Partner, Ezra Penland Actuarial Recruitment

The Reinsurance Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4343960

The Life Actuarial Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4345437

The Casualty Actuarial Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4344075

The Health Actuarial Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4346382

The Entry Level Actuary: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3701842

The Catastrophe Risk Modeling Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4015385

The Insurance Predictive Modeling Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4347019

EzraPenland.com Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3427061

The Experienced Actuary: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4014627

Insurance, Risk, Actuarial and Web News Daily….Publisher of the Industry’s Leading Salary Surveys: ClaudePenland.com

(If you’re unable to reach that link, here is the ad.)

The 2011 ClaudePenland.com/salary actuarial salary surveys, the industry standard, were released in early May, 2011.

Monthly visitors increased 24% and page views increased 27% in May, 2011.

See ClaudePenland.com/demographics.

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I’m bringing the big guns for DEFCON 1. How about you?

Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries, is out with their May/June 2011 issue.

See the ClaudePenland.com ad on Page 1.

Also see my Catastrophe Risk Trends article in the same issue.

The ClaudePenland.com Insurance, Actuarial, Risk and Web News LinkedIn Group may be found at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3427061 . 

You are also invited to join the many other groups that we manage.  As these are all subgroups, they do not count against your 50-group limit on LinkedIn.  You merely need to join the above main group and then the subgroups of your choosing. 

The subgroups include:

Actuarial News, Actuary Trends for Actuaries: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3870423

Catastrophe Risk Modeling News and Trends – CatRisky.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3870402 

Friday’s Quote – FridaysQuote.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751139

Insurance and Reinsurance Startups – InsuranceStartups.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3870419
 
Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions – WhoBoughtWho.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751107
 
Insurance News and Discussion – 4InsuranceNews.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3427179
 
Insurance Trends and Discussions – InsTrends.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3427113
 
Odd Business Ideas – OddBusinessIdeas.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751126
 
Pension Risk News and Trends – PensionRiskNews.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751122

Predictive Analytics and Modeling News and Trends – PredNews.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3870412

Reinsurance Trends and News – ReinsuranceTrends.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751117
 
Risk Management News – TheRiskNews.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751111
 
Solvency II European Insurance Regulations – SolvencyDeux.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751152
 
Takaful and Retakaful News and Trends – TakafulMe.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751118
 
Web Startups News and Discussion – 1000Startups.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3427087
 
Web Trends, News and Information – WebTrendInfo.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3751149

I look forward to seeing you in our LinkedIn groups!

Press Release: ClaudePenland.com Surpasses Two Major Milestones in March, 2011

April 1, 2011, Pittsburgh, PA: Claude Penland, casualty actuary and webmaster, reached more milestones in March, 2011 with his prominent ClaudePenland.com insurance and web news site.

Page views in March, 2011 were over 200,000 for the month, which is an increase of 33% more page views than February, 2011. See ClaudePenland.com/demographics.

Additionally, since its inception in July, 2010, the informative post archive on ClaudePenland.com has now reached – and passed – 2,000, roughly seven posts per day.

Post counts for common searches and categories are below. These add to more than 2000 because some posts span more than one category or keyword search.

Actuarial (150 posts) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=actuarial
Actuaries (120) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=actuaries
Actuary (220) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=actuary
Africa (25) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=africa
Angel Investors (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/investor-angels-investing-investment/
Annuities (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=annuities
Asia (60) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=asia
Australia (20) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=australia
Benefits (50) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=benefits
Bermuda (55) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=bermuda
Brokers (20) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=brokers
Canada (35) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=canada
Caribbean (5) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=caribbean
Casualty (120) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=casualty
Catastrophe Bonds (25) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=catastrophe+bonds
Catastrophe Risk (175) – http://www.catrisky.com
China (55) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=china
Claims (45) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=claims
ClaudePenland.com Posts (2000 posts) – http://www.claudepenland.com
Consulting (70) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=consulting
Data Mining (30) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=data+mining
Derivatives (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=derivatives
Earthquake (40) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=earthquake
Emerging Risk (15) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=emerging+risk
Enterprise Risk (30) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=enterprise+risk
Europe (110) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=europe
Facebook (80) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=facebook
Famous Quotes (35) – http://www.fridaysquote.com
Health (150) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=health
Hedge Funds (5) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=hedge+funds
Hong Kong (20) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=hong+kong
Hurricane (20) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=hurricane
India (50) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=india
Insurance Linked Securities (35) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=insurance+linked+securities
Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions (150) – http://www.whoboughtwho.com
Insurance News (770) – http://www.4insurancenews.com
Insurance Startups (95) – http://www.insurancestartups.com
Insurance Stocks (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/insurance-stocks/
Insurance Trends (270) – http://www.instrends.com
International Finance (70) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/international-finance/
Investments (30) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=investments
Islamic Insurance (15) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=islamic+insurance
Latin America (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=latin+america
Life (200) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=life
LinkedIn (110) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=linkedin
Lists (70) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/lists/
London (40) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=london
Marketing (55) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=marketing
Mathematics (5) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/math-mathematics-maths/
Microinsurance (15) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=microinsurance
Middle East (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=middle+east
Modeling (70) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=modeling
Models (30) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=models
Multimedia (5) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=mulitmedia
None of the Above (45) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/none-of-the-above/
Odd Business Ideas (30) – http://www.oddbusinessideas.com
Pandemic (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=pandemic
Pensions (75) – http://www.pensionrisknews.com
Predictive Analytics (100) – http://www.prednews.com
Presentations (35) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/presentations/
Press Releases (5) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/press-releases/
Pricing (25) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=pricing
Programming (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=programming
Property (90) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=property
Published Articles (25) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/published-articles/
Regulation (45) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=regulation
Reinsurance (130) – http://www.reinsurancetrends.com
Reserving (5) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=reserving
Risk (315) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=risk
Risk Management (100) – http://www.therisknews.com
Risk Officer (30) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=risk+officer
Risk Transfer (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=risk+transfer
Salaries (20) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/salary-salaries-compensation/
Social Networking (80) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=social+networking
Solvency II (125) – http://www.solvencydeux.com
Statistics (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=statistics
Storms (15) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=storms
Switzerland (15) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=switzerland
Takaful (50) – http://www.takafulme.com
Technology (80) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=technology
Tsunami (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=tsunami
Twitter (80) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=twitter
Underwriter (35) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=underwriter
Underwriting (40) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=underwriting
United Kingdom (25) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=united+kingdom
Weather (40) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=weather
Weather Risk (25) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=weather+risk
Web Development (130) – http://www.claudepenland.com/category/web-development/
Web Startups (275) – http://www.1000startups.com
Web Trends (260) – http://www.webtrendinfo.com
Zurich (10) – http://www.claudepenland.com/?s=zurich

At ClaudePenland.com, Claude writes at least six times daily about international risk, insurance, financial and web trends. To subscribe to Claude’s daily digest, visit ClaudePenland.com/subscribe.

Claude Penland
claude@claudepenland.com
ClaudePenland.com

Press Release: “111 Twitter Feeds for Insurance Professionals” Presentation Released at ClaudePenland.com

February 22, 2011 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – “111 Twitter Feeds for Insurance Professionals”, a PowerPoint presentation, is available immediately via free download at ClaudePenland.com/multimedia. This presentation covers, in alphabetical order, 111 of the top accounts on Twitter that provide news and trends about global reinsurance and insurance.

Ten interesting insurance-related Twitter feeds on the list include:

5. twitter.com/actuary_dot_org – American Academy of Actuaries
12. twitter.com/artemisbm – Alternative risk transfer news
17. twitter.com/casact – Casualty Actuarial Society
19. twitter.com/catrisky – Catastrophe risk news
41. twitter.com/insnewsnet – InsuranceNewsNet
54. twitter.com/insurancetech – Insurance & Technology
64. twitter.com/lloydsoflondon – Lloyd’s of London
69. twitter.com/nasahurricane – NASA hurricane news
86. twitter.com/reactionsnet – Insurance reinsurance news
89. twitter.com/reinsurancegirl – Reinsurance insurance PR

Claude Penland, casualty actuary and webmaster, has 29 presentations available for download at ClaudePenland.com/multimedia. These include presentations and videos about insurance trends, catastrophe risk trends, reinsurance, insurance startups, insurance mergers and acquisitions, C-level salary surveys and many other topics.

Press Release: Risk and Insurance Article Archive Announced at ClaudePenland.com/multimedia

February 18, 2011 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Claude Penland, Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society with twenty years of insurance industry experience, announces his new article archive at ClaudePenland.com/multimedia.

All pieces are written by Claude Penland, with many additional risk and insurance articles planned. Informative pieces included in the archive include:

-10 Prominent Influenza Pandemic Models: Death, Disease and Economic Loss Modeling

-20 Insurance Trends to Watch

-More Insurance Trends to Watch for Actuaries, Underwriters and Claims Personnel, Part 2

-2011 Web Trends, Including Social Networking and Venture Capital

-An Exciting Time to Consider the Microinsurance Market

-Annual Property and Casualty Reinsurance Salary Survey

-Handy Executive Recruitment and Job Hunting Tools

-Health Insurance Compensation Survey at Top 10 United States Insurers

-Life Insurance Salaries at the Top Among CEO’s, Chairmen and Others

-Pension Risk Trends: Companies, Governments, Accounting, Oh My

-Predictive Modeling for Actuaries: Eight Great PowerPoint Presentations and Articles

-Property and Casualty Insurance Salaries in the C-Suite

-Recent Activity Among Insurance Company Startups and Branch Operations

-Recent Activity in the Global Reinsurance Market

-Recent Activity in the Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Market

-So Why Do Job Hunters Use Executive Recruiters?

-Social Networking for Insurance Professionals on LinkedIn, Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five

-Ten International Emerging Risks for Insurers and Reinsurers

At ClaudePenland.com, Claude Penland, casualty actuary and webmaster, writes at least six times daily about international risk, insurance, financial and web trends. To subscribe to Claude’s daily digest, visit ClaudePenland.com/subscribe.

Claude Penland
claude@claudepenland.com
ClaudePenland.com

Press Release: Insurance Social Networking, Predictive Modeling and Microinsurance Presentations Available

Summary: “Predictive Modeling for Life, Health and Property & Casualty Actuaries”, “Microinsurance is Exciting” and “LinkedIn Social Networking for Insurance Professionals” presentations produced by Claude Penland.

February 17, 2011 – Pittsburgh, Pa. – Three insurance-related presentations and videos have been released for immediate viewing at ClaudePenland.com/multimedia. All presentations are free to download and share.

The first presentation is called “LinkedIn Social Networking for Insurance Professionals”. LinkedIn is the most active professional social network in the world.. According to their press materials, they have over 90 million international members, with roughly half of those members residing in the United States. If you work in insurance or reinsurance as an underwriter, attorney, accountant, actuary, actuarial analyst, risk manager, claims professional, financial analyst, agent or other insurance role, this presentation will list for you some of the more active insurance-related jobs and discussion groups on LinkedIn.

“Microinsurance is Exciting” is the second presentation. Microinsurance is generally designed for low-income businesses and individuals who aren’t typically covered by traditional insurance. It is usually sold at low premiums and low coverage limits / caps. It has a potential eventual annual premium of $40 billion worldwide.

A third presentation is titled “Predictive Modeling for Life, Health and Property & Casualty Actuaries”. This predictive analytics presentation provides eight examples of strong industry presentations and articles where actuaries can apply predictive modeling to life insurance, property and casualty insurance and health insurance / actuarial data.

These presentations were authored by Claude Penland, a casualty actuary and webmaster with twenty years of insurance industry experience. On ClaudePenland.com, Claude writes at least six times a day on the international insurance-related and web-related issues that he explores daily, and regularly posts interesting presentations, videos and articles at ClaudePenland.com/multimedia.

Subscribe to his daily digest at ClaudePenland.com/subscribe.

Claude Penland
claude@claudepenland.com
ClaudePenland.com