May 2003 Washington Spring Meeting Sessions

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the SOA Life Spring Meeting in May Washington, D.C. held on May 29–30, 2003. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

• Session #1 GS (Handout Not Available)
• General Session
• Sylvia Nasar
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• Session #3 PD
• International Accounting Standards Update
• Emma McWilliam, William C. Hines
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• Session #4 PD
• Economic Capital
• Hubert B. Mueller, Dennis P. Lauzon, Ellen Woodruff Hall
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• Session #5 PD
• Interest Rates Are On The Move: Is Your Company Prepared?
• David J. Weinsier, R. Ross Bowen, Henry M. McMillan
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• Session #6 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Debt Protection Update
• Christopher H. Hause, Hugh Alexander, W. Michael Balsley
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• Session #7 PD
• Pricing Risk Management
• David T. Henderson, Keith A. Dall, Douglas L. Robbins
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• Session #8 PD
• Variable Life–Product And Distribution Issues
• Nancy M. Kenneally, Mathew Greenwald, Thomas P. Kalmbach
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• Session #9 PD
• Moving From Accumulation To Income
• Novian E. Junus, Francis P. Sabatini, Matthew P. Sharpe
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• Session #10 OF
• Managing Credit Risk In The Changing Market Environment
• John O. Nigh, Peter O. Davis, Joel S. Salomon
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• Session #11 TS
• Using Bayesian Statistics And The Monte Carlo Method
• Thomas N. Herzog
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• Session #14 GS (Handout Not Available)
• General Luncheon–What Do You Stand For?
• Jim Lichtman
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• Session #17 PD
• Current Events–GAAP
• Michael A. Hughes, John W. Morris, Jason A. Morton, Deborah Whitmore
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• Session #18 PD
• So, The Equity Markets Don’t Always Go Up? Capital Markets Hedging Of Variable Annuities and Equity–Indexed Annuities
• Marshall C. Greenbaum, D. Kent Freeman, Daniel R. Patterson, Jun Zhuo
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• Session #19 PD
• Credit Risk Modeling For Life Insurers
• Martin K. le Roux, Tarek Himmo, Larry H. Rubin
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• Session #20 PD
• Design And Pricing Of Products For Internet Distribution
• W. Howell Pugh, Gary Thomas
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• Session #21 PD
• Variable Annuity Riders
• Robert P. Stone, Timothy E. Hill, Ari Joseph Lindner
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• Session #22 PD
• Individual Disability Insurance
• Erica Morrison–Brazitis, Andronico Lucas Castillo, Steven Miller, Daniel D. Skwire
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• Session #23 PD
• The Standard Nonforfeiture Law
• Noel John Abkemeier, Douglas John Bennett, Eric J. Carlson
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• Session #24 OF
• Bringing Risk into Capital Management
• Alastair G. Longley–Cook, Chiu–Cheng Chang, Geoffrey Henry Hancock, Francis P. Sabatini
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• Session #25 OF (Handout Not Available)
• Update From The SOA: Risk Management Task Force
• David N. Ingram, Hubert B. Mueller, James F. Reiskytl, Darin G. Zimmerman
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• Session #26 TS
• Presenting to Rating Agencies
• Francis de Regnaucourt, Robert L. Riegel, Jose D. Siberon
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• Session #29 PD
• The Future of our Profession
• Michael L. Kaster, Michael M. Braunstein, Harry J. Panjer, Stuart F. Wason
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• Session #30 PD
• Special Risk Management Issues For International Operations
• Rejean S. Besner, Katherine A. Anderson, Simon R. Curtis
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• Session #31 PD
• Achieving A High ROI On Human Assets
• David S. Duncan
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• Session #32 PD
• The Evolving Viatical And Life Settlement Market
• Traci J. Lilly, Gerry H. Goldsholle, Michael D. Quinn
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• Session #33 PD
• Emerging Issues In Quota Share Reinsurance
• Craig M. Baldwin, Johanna B. Becker, Michael S. Stein
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• Session #34 BG
• Latest On AOMR And Other Smaller Insurance Company Issues
• R. Dale Hale, Kenton L. Scheiwe
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• Session #35 L
• What Is The True Value Of Tax Deferral?
• Krzysztof Ostazewski, James M. Carson
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• Session #36 OF
• Concepts On Professionalism
• Lauren M. Bloom, William J. Falk, Marc I. Whinston
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• Session #37 OF
• Electronic Security In The Internet Age
• Brian M. Septon, Mitchell Schwartzwald
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• Session #38 WS
• Professional Needs Of Life Actuaries
• Edward L. Robbins, Narayan Shankar
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• Session #41 SM
• Management And Personal Development Section Hot Breakfast: Does This Suit Fit?
• Lori Ann Stevens, Michael M. Braunstein
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• Session #43 SM
• Actuary Of The Future And Futurism Sections' Career Enhancement Hot Breakfast
• William R. Horbatt
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• Session #44 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Education And Research Section Continental Breakfast
• Krzysztof M. Ostazewski
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• Session #47 PD
• Current Events–Statutory
• Mark D. Peavy, Mike Pickens, Therese M. Vaughan
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• Session #48 PD
• No Place To Hide–Consolidating Insurers' Exposure To Equity Market Risk
• John P. Toohey III, Sandeep Bidani, Linyi Zhang
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• Session #49 PD
• Investment Risk: The Operational Side
• Susan Keating, Liam Cheung, R. Ross Bowen, Glenn Heiser,
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• Session #50 PD
• Introduction To Voluntary Benefits
• Christopher H. Hause, Diana Thulin, Thomas F. Welch, Jr.
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• Session #51 PD
• P referred Underwriting: Survey Says?
• Mary J. Bahna–Nolan, Richard L. Bergstrom, Anna Hart, Mark Swanson
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• Session #52 BG (Handout Not Available)
• Risk Management Buzz Group
• David N. Ingram, Jennifer K. Bowen, Darin G. Zimmerman
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• Session #53 D
• Embedded (Economic) Value Versus Fair Value Versus U.S. GAAP
• Daniel J. Kunesh, Hubert B. Mueller, Morris W. Chambers, Kenneth A. LaSorella
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• Session #54 OF
• The Coordination Of Actuarial Assumptions
• David Y. Rodgers, Novian E. Junus, Esther H. Milnes
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• Session #55 TS
• Improving The Product Development Process
• Kelly A. Levy, Phillip Paul Ferrari, Paul R. Myers
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• Session #58 PD
• Managing Your Career Within A Traditional Employer Setting
• Tyree S. Wooldridge, Abraham S. Gootzeit
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• Session #59 PD
• Reserving Issues For Variable Annuities
• Vincent Y.Y. Tsang, Bradley E. Barks, Errol Cramer, John O. Esch
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• Session #60 PD
• Critical Illness Products: Recent Lessons From International Markets
• James C. Christou, Susan Kimball, David J. O'Brien
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• Session #61 PD
• Benchmarking Investment Performance
• Anson J. "Jay" Glacy, Jr., Scott S. Hartz, William H. Panning
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• Session #62 TS
• Building An Economic Scenario Generator
• Hal Warren Pedersen
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• Session #63 PD
• Internet Niche Products: A Case Study
• W. Howell Pugh, Kevin McKenna
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• Session #64 PD
• What If You Stretch Investment Yield And It Snaps?
• Kenneth P. Mungan, Frank J. Cataldo, Timothy L. Swenson
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• Session #65 PD
• Managing Risk Concentration In The Post–9/11 Environment
• George E. Davis, Tim J. McGrath, Patrick J. Shannon
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• Session #66 IF
• Today's Controllership Environment: The Product Actuary's Responsibility
• Paul A. Haley, Robert A. Diefenbacher, David Y. Rodgers
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• Session #67 PD
• Universal Life And Variable Universal Life Secondary Guarantees: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Keith A. Dall, Jeremy Allen Bill, Michael J. LeBoeuf, Thomas E. Norton
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• Session #68 TS
• Stochastic Modeling In The Financial Reporting World
• Robert W. Wilson, Ronald J. Harasym
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• Session #69 WS
• Actuarial Software Quality Assurance
• Angelos Giannakopoulos, John R. Roeger
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• Session #70 WS
• Reporting Financial Results
• Jason A. Morton
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• Session #73 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Product Development Section Luncheon
• Susan Kimball, Michael D. Regester
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• Session #74 IF (Handout Not Available)
• It Takes Practice!
• Basha H. Zharnest, John Thomas
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• Session #77 PD
• Financial Risks–Lessons Learned From Other Jurisdictions
• Robert W. Wilson, Hubert B. Mueller, Steven I Schreiber
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• Session #78 PD
• Asset Modeling Assumptions
• Robert J. LaLonde, Louis J. Gering, David Edward Martin
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• Session #79 P
• Implications Of A Low–Interest–Rate Environment
• Bryan Boudreau, Pin J. Chung, Koji Kondo
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• Session #80 PD (Handout Not Available)
• The Underserved Middle Market–CANCELLED
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• Session #81 PD
• 2001 CSO Mortality Table–The Time is Approaching
• William Carroll, Kent Scheiwe, Brian King
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• Session #82 TS
• Bridging The "GAAP": Practical Implications Of Using GAAP Profit Measures In Pricing
• Richard D. Farrell, Brian E. Springer
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• Session #83 WS
• AICPA Statement Of Position On Non–Traditional Contracts
• Steeve Jean, Carole F. Salome
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• Session #101 WS (Handout Not Available)
• Current Statutory Reporting Topics for Life Products
• John F. Gies