Autoren

Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA
Life/Health Research and Development Actuary, Stamford
Jean-Marc Fix is Vice President of Actuarial Research and Development for Gen Re's North America Life/Health division. He is responsible for developing the research and analytics infrastructure for the life and health product lines. Jean-Marc is the Chair for the SOA's Living to 100 Symposium. He is also a member of the Longevity Advisory Group, the Reinsurance Section Council and heads the Reinsurance Section Research team. He has participated in numerous research project oversight groups for the SOA and is a frequent presenter at actuarial and underwriting meetings.
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Technology and Aging - Friend or Foe?
Von Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA Feb 05, 2019 English
In order to anticipate the future, it is important to know the past and how we arrived at today. But Yogi Berra would surely approve when I say that most important of all is to also know the future. It is true that I, no more than you, can’t precisely...
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Sugar and Fat – and Diet Research
Von Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA Jul 12, 2018 English
While we know that sugar is a key element of the obesity equation, it’s difficult to design a perfect diet because biochemical pathways and their communication with the brain do not necessarily translate to the combination of motivation and weight loss...
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The Rise in Sugar Consumption in the U.S. – and the Obesity Equation
Von Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA Jun 05, 2018 English
For years, sweets were marketed as innocuous treats for kids whose only drawback was cavities if you did not brush your teeth properly. A more nefarious role was alluded to much earlier: in the early 1900s, a British physician stationed in India, Sir...
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