More than a number. (Comment).I read with interest your discussion in Best's Review concerning the number of occurrences at the World Trade Center. ("All in the Numbers," August 2002) Another question is: Will the property insurers pay in full if there is less than a full functional replacement for the destroyed properties? What if the rebuilding involves a far lower number of square feet of office space than in the original buildings? Frederic J. Buse Schwartz Heslin Group Inc. Latham, N.Y. A lot in a few words You did a nice job with your article "Crisis Coast to Coast" summarizing the current problems in the medical professional liability arena. (September 2002) As a former magazine writer, I know it's not easy to cover such a sweeping subject in the space editors give us. Carol Brierly Golin Medical Liability Monitor Chicago Examining mortality and life expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. Your coverage of mortality in this issue is outstanding. ("Approaching Immortality," October 2002) However, the subtitle sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. which describes the proposed new valuation table for ordinary life insurance ["2001 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Table"] as "assuming life expectancy of 120 years" is not correct. For calculational convenience only, 2001 CSO (Chief Security Officer) The person in charge of all staff members who are responsible for promulgating, enforcing and administering security policies for all systems within an enterprise or division. assumes a limiting or closing age of 121. (Madame Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment (IPA: [ʒan lwiːz kal'mɑ̃]; February 21, 1875 – August 4, 1997) reached the longest confirmed lifespan in history at 122 years and 164 days. [1875-1997] of Arles, France, already outlived that assumption by a year and a half.) Life expectancies (average future term of life) computed according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2001 CSO table are another matter. Using the composite male near birthday version of the table without selection factors, I get 76.6 years life expectancy at birth; 43.1 years at age 35; 16.8 years at age 65; 2.1 years at age 100. Some demographers believe that the maximum human life span has fallen in the 120-year range for many millennia. But that is a completely different concept from average life expectancy. Ken Faig Jr. PolySystems Inc. Chicago In the spotlight * "NIMDA can go from nowhere to around the world in 14 hours. There is no super-firewall or technology super bullet to make this all go away." Ty R. Sagalow Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group eBusiness Risk Solutions Note: NIMDA is a computer virus that was released in September 2001. * Excerpted from BestWeek |
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