Syllabus changes for the Spring 2025
Design & Pricing – There were several changes to the DP syllabus from last season, and they are discussed below. As far as big picture concepts go, not much changed in this syllabus update. Some papers were removed and other papers/chapters replaced them. Other papers were removed without replacements, however, the concepts in them were already covered in other papers/chapters. The new papers/chapters have new specific content (new lists/note cards), but the big picture concepts are very similar to the prior season.
Three study notes were added:
- GHDP-146-25 – A Hard Pill to Swallow: Appreciating the Mathematical Dynamics of the Affordable Care Act
- This study note used to be on the VR syllabus
- Group Life Waiver Study Based on 2009 – 2015 Canadian Group LTD Termination Experience Report
- GHDP-147-25 – Overview of Medicaid and its Risk-Based Managed Care Programs
One chapter was added:
- Eaton chapter 4 (2nd ed.) – Hybrid Life and LTC Products
Three chapters were modified: This textbook was updated to the 2nd edition. All three of these chapters were on the prior syllabus with no material changes with the edition update (2nd edition Chapters 9 and 10 were 1st edition Chapters 6 and 7, respectively).
- Eaton chapter 2 (2nd ed.) – History of LTC Products
- Eaton chapter 9 (2nd ed.) – LTCI Experience Monitoring
- Eaton chapter 10 (2nd ed.) – LTCI Premium Rate Increases
Six study notes were removed from the syllabus:
- GHDP-101-13 – Group Disability was removed
- GHDP-127-19 – Disability Income Insurance: The Unique Risk was removed
- Group Long-Term Disability 2019 Experience Study Preliminary Report was removed
- Timing’s Everything: The Impact of Benefit Rush was removed
- Combination Products: An Accelerated Education was removed
- GHDP-142-23 – Medicaid: A Primer was removed