2009 Life Spring Meeting

Below you will find presentations from various presentations at the SOA Life 2009 Spring Meeting held in May 2009 in Denver, CO. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

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• Session 1–Speed Networking for "Young" Actuaries Reception
  Margaret Milkint*; Mary Kilkenny*
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• Session 3–Education & Research Section Continental Breakfast
  Kevin P. Larsen, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 4–Product Development Section Hot Breakfast
  Robert P. Stone, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 5–Technology Section Hot Breakfast
  CANCELED
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• Session 7–Opening General Session
  Keynote: Todd Bucholz
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• Session 9 Panel Discussion–Now to Then
  Larry H. Rubin, FSA, FCA, MAAA; Michael J. Lockerman, FSA, MAAA; Neil T. Strauss, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 10 Panel Discussion–Similarities and Differences Between FAS157 and IFRS
  Vincent Y. Y. Tsang, FSA, MAAA; Noel Henderson Harewood, FSA, MAAA; Patricia E. Matson, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 11 Panel Discussion–Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefits–Does Industry Pricing Still Make Sense?
  Wendy Yawen Yu, FSA, MAAA; Xiaohong Mo, FSA, MAAA; Frank Zhang, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 12 Lecture–Role of Reinsurance in Response to the Changing Capital Markets Environment
  Patrick Stafford, FSA, MAAA; James McArdle*; John O. Nigh, FSA, MAAA; Scott D. Sheefel, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 13 Lecture–Parade's End: The Financial Crisis, It's Aftermath and the Emerging Order
  Kevin P. Larsen, ASA, MAAA; Timur Gok*
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• Session 14 Workshop–The Killer Marketing Message
  CANCELED
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• Session 15 Panel Discussion–Life and Annuity Product Designs in the Current Market
  Keith A. Dall, FSA, MAAA; Mitchell R. Katcher, FSA, MAAA; Jeremy Lee Lane, FSA, CERA, MAAA
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• Session 17–General Luncheon
  Keynote: Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE
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• Session 19 Panel Discussion–Lessons from the Financial Crisis
  John O. Nigh, FSA, MAAA; Michael A. Hughes, FSA, MAAA; Samuel J. Keller, FSA, MAAA; Sim Segal, FSA, CERA, MAAA
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• Session 20 Panel Discussion–Life Insurance and Annuity Pricing–How Much Can Insurers Rely on Credit and Liquidity Risk Premiums?
  Dominique Lebel, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Tara J. P. Hansen, FSA, MAAA; Craig Merrill, Ph.D.*
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• Session 21 Panel Discussion–Federal Tax Update for Life and Annuity Insurers and Products
  Michael J. LeBoeuf, FSA, MAAA; Russell B. Menze, FSA, MAAA; Peter H. Winslow*
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• Session 22 Panel Discussion–Code of Professional Conduct
  Tom Bakos, FSA, MAAA; Thomas C. Griffin*
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• Session 23 Interactive Forum–A Game of Inches
  CANCELED
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• Session 24 Panel Discussion–Hedging Challenges in Volatile Markets Part I: What Did We Expect?
  Stephen T. Verhagen, FSA, MAAA; Mark D. J. Evans, FSA, MAAA; Peter H. Sun, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 26 Teaching Session–Replicating Portfolio
  Vincent Y. Y. Tsang, FSA, MAAA; John Carl Fowler, ASA; Andrew Ching Ng, FSA
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• Session 27 Lecture–Developing Statutory Issues Relating to Reinsurance
  Thomas Blair*
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• Session 28 Panel Discussion–Structured Products–The Past, the Present and the Future
  Edwin A. Martin, FSA, MAAA; Andrew McGee*; Jesse M. Schwartz, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 29 Panel Discussion–What's New in Economic Capital?
  Larry H. Rubin, FSA, FCA, MAAA; Patricia E. Matson, FSA, MAAA; Xiaokai (Victor) Shi, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 30 Panel Discussion–Enterprise Financial Modeling–A New Paradigm
  Van Beach, FSA, MAAA; Jason E. Kehrberg, FSA, MAAA; Joseph P. Peterson, ASA, MAAA
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• Session 31 Panel Discussion–Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?
  Judy Powills*; John West Hadley*; Michael Monar*
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• Session 32 Panel Discussion–Financial Crisis 2008: Lessons for Product Development
  John David Currier, Jr., FSA, MAAA; Noel John Abkemeier, FSA, MAAA; Andy Ferris, FSA, MAAA; Scott Kallenbach, FLMI*
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• Session 34–Marketing & Distribution Section Reception
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• Session 36–Taxation Section Hot Breakfast
  Kory J. Olsen, FSA, CERA, MAAA; John T. Adney, JD*
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• Session 37–Management & Personal Development Section Continental Breakfast: Review of Recent Executive Books
  Meg Weber*
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• Session 38–Investment Section Hot Breakfast: Market Crises, Financial Engineering and Insurance Product Design
  >Gary A. Hatfield, FSA, MAAA; Craig Merrill, Ph.D.*
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• Session 39–Reinsurance Section Continental Breakfast
  Leonard Mangini, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 41 Open Forum–Update on Principle-Based Capital Requirements
  Stephen R. Murphy, FSA, MAAA; Craig A. Roberts, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 42 Panel Discussion–Underwriting Changes to Help Improve Mortality Results
  Scott Anthony Rushing, FSA, MAAA; Thomas Ashley, MD, FACP*; Everett Kunzelman*
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• Session 43 Lecture–Market Consistent Embedded Value Nicholas John Ranson, FSA, FIA, FIAA, MAAA; Dominique Lebel, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Darin G. Zimmerman, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 44 Panel Discussion–Hedging Challenges in Volatile Markets Part II: Industry Experiences and Lessons Learned
  Stephen T. Verhagen, FSA, MAAA; David Maloof*; Peter H. Sun, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 45 Panel Discussion–Rating Agencies–Reactions and Perceptions Due to the Worldwide Financial Crisis
  Jesse M. Schwartz, FSA, MAAA; George W. Hansen, FSA, MAAA; Grace Osborne*
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• Session 46 Buzz Group–Hot Topics in Smaller Insurance Companies
  Sharon Giffen, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Norman E. Hill, FSA, MAAA; Terry M. Long, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 47 Panel Discussion–Delphi Study Report & Audience Voting: "'Blue Ocean Strategies' in Technology for Business Acquisition by the Life Insurance Industry"
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• Session 49 Panel Discussion–Offshore Reinsurance
  CANCELED
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• Session 50 Panel Discussion–Long–Term Care Combination Products: Recent Developments
  Carl A. Friedrich, FSA, MAAA; Cary O. Lakenbach, FSA, MAAA; Craig R. Springfield, JD, LLM*
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• Session 51 Panel Discussion–The OTC Derivatives Market: How Has it Changed? What Will it Look Like in the Future?
  Edwin A. Martin, FSA, MAAA; Martin K. le Roux, FSA, FCIA
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• Session 52 Panel Discussion–Emerging Risks
  Max J. Rudolph, FSA, CERA, MAAA; Darin G. Zimmerman, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 53 Panel Discussion–Managing Overseas Operations
  William R. Horbatt, FSA, MAAA; Thomas Patrick Burke, FSA, MAAA; Robert S. McClester, FSA, MAAA; Michael Winkler*
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• Session 54 Lecture–Reinsurance Underwriting and Mortality Update
  David J. Weinsier, FSA, MAAA; Barry S. Reed, MD, JD*; Philip A. Velazquez, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 55 Panel Discussion–Implications of the Current Market on Your Role as an Actuary
  Charles V. Ford, FSA, CFA, MAAA; Mike Lombardi, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Francis P. Sabatini, FSA, CERA, MAAA
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• Session 56 Panel Discussion–How do Recent Regulatory Actions Impact Me and My Company?
  Susan J. (Sell) Saip, FSA, MAAA; Chris Chandler*; William A. Waldie, Jr.*
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• Session 58 Workshop–What You Must Know Before Implementing Actuarial Guideline VACARVM
  Stephen R. Murphy, FSA, MAAA; Zohair A. Motiwalla, FSA, MAAA; Craig A. Roberts, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 59 Open Forum–Emerging Risk Delphi Techniques
  CANCELED
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• Session 60 Panel Discussion–Actuarial Perspectives on Personal Investing–Have Things Changed?
  Marianne C. Purushotham, FSA, MAAA; Jeyaraj Vadiveloo, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 61 Panel Discussion–Tax Issues in the Product Arena
  Frederic Gelfond*; John T. Adney, JD*; Daniel Theodore, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 62 Panel Discussion–The Revised Qualification Standards and Continuing Professional Development Apply to You!
  Mike A. Boot, FSA, FCA, MAAA; Thomas C. Griffin*
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• Session 63 Panel Discussion–Capital Markets Solutions–Where Have We Landed?
  Michael L. Kaster, FSA, MAAA; Otto Lowe*; Steven I. Schreiber, FSA, MAAA
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• Session 64 Panel Discussion–Mortality Update
  Brian G. Traxler, ASA; Douglas C. Doll, FSA, MAAA; David N. Wylde, FSA, MAAA
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