2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held on September 22-23 in Orlando, FL. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

 
• Session #1 PD
• Life and Annuity Valuation Issues
• Moderator: Meredith A. Ratajczak
• Panel: Thomas A. Campbell, Donna R. Claire
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• Session #2 PD
• Reinsurance and Life Insurance Securitization
• Moderator: Michael Taht
• Panel: Michael Taht, Bill Griffiths, Paul F. Turner
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• Session #3 OF
• Asset Modeling Concepts
• Moderator: Darryl Wagner
• Panel: Phillip Shane Elenbaas, David Ruiz
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• Session #4 TS
• Financial Statement Disclosure
• Margaret Meister, Colin Devine CFA, CMA, Robert Frasca FSA, MAAA
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• Session #5 PD
• GAAP Issues
• Moderator: David White
• Panel: Jason Morton, David Rogers
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• Session #6 WS
• Adjusting for Unusual Events–Unpaid Claim Liabilities
• Facilitators: James P. Galasso, Bernard Rabinowitz
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• Session #7 TS
• Hedging and Other Mitigation Techniques
• Instructor: Ellen Cooper, Ken Mungan, Andrew Rallis
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• Session #8 TS
• Liability Modeling Concepts
• Instructors: Jeffery A. Fitch, Uri N. Sobel, Robert W. Welander
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• Session #9 TS
• Introduction to Embedded Value
• Instructor: Matthew Clark, Steeve Jean, Lori Helge
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• Session #10 WS
• GAAP Issues
• Facilitators: Charles D. Friedstat, Michael Holloway
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• Session #11 GS
• Luncheon
• Panel: Tom Herget, Robert M. Beuerlein, Stuart Klugman
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• Session #12 PD
• Financial Statement Disclosure
• Panel: Pavel Blinchik, Robert Frasca
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• Session #13 PD
• International Accounting Standards
• Moderator: William Hines
• Panel: David K. Sandberg, Henry W. Siegel
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• Session #14 PD
• VA CARVM–A Closer Look
• Moderator: John O’Sullivan
• Panel: Craig Morrow, John O'Sullivan, Albert Sekac
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• Session #15 IF
• Smaller Company Issues
• Moderator: James R. Thompson
• Panel: Pete A. Hitchcock, James M. Jerome, Terry M. Long, Steven H. Mahan
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• Session #16 PD
• Recent Developments on the Medicare Modernization Act
• Moderator: Dawn Helwig
• Panel: Marty Hill, Dawn Helwig, Don Zhang
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• Session #17 OF
• Implementations of SOP 03–1
• Moderator: Richard D. Farrell
• Panel: Richard D. Farrell, Kevin L. Kehn
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• Session #18 OF
• Appointed Actuary Forum
• Moderator: James Merwald
• Panel: Steve Bader, Randal J. Freitag, J. Timothy Gaule
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• Session #19 PD
• Applied Modeling Concepts VA Point Selection
• Moderator: John O’Sullivan
• Panel: Peter Abramovich, Mike Sparrow, John O’Sullivan
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• Session #20 WS a/b
• GAAP Issues–Life Insurance
• Facilitator a: Amy Ellerbach
• Facilitator b: Rich Herbst
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• Session #21 TS
• Statutory Financial Reporting for Universal Life
• Instructor: Jeffrey A. Beckley
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• Session #22 OF
• Actuarial Guideline 38 Now and the Future
• Moderator: David Weinsier
• Panel: Todd Erkis, Elinor Friedman
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• Session #23 PD
• Contract Reserves for Medical Business
• Moderator: Mike Y. Leung
• Panel: Frank Amrine, Mike Y. Leung
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• Session #24 TS
• Drawing Appropriate Statistical Inferences
• Instructor: Douglas L. Robbins
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• Session #25 PD
• Minimum Guaranteed Benefits on Variable Annuities
• Moderator: John O’Sullivan
• Panel: J. Timothy Gaule, Larry Gorski, James Lamson
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• Session #26 PD
• Applications of Economic Reserves and Economic Capital
• Moderator: David Weinsier
• Panel: Lloyd A. Foster, David Ingram, Benjamin Joe Yahr
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• Session #27 PD
• Health and Long Term Care Regulatory Update
• Moderator: Rowen Bell
• Panel: Rowen Bell, Allen Schmitz
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• Session #28 WS
• Statutory Valuation of Annuities
• Facilitator a: John Michael Harrington
• Facilitator b: Karl Knable
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• Session #29 OF
• FAS 133–Accounting for Derivatives
• Moderator: David L. White, Jr.
• Panel: Tara Hansen, David L. White, Jr., Don P. Wilson
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• Session #30 OF
• Ask the Experts
• Moderator: Meredith Ratajczak
• Panel: Jack Gibson, Larry Gorski, Bradley M. Smith
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• Session #31 PD
• Equity Index Annuities(Modeling Product Design)
• Moderator: John Roeger
• Panel: Eric J. Carlson, Daniel R. Patterson
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• Session #32 WS
• GAAP Issues–Annuities
• Facilitator: Patrick Weigel
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• Session #33 WS a/b
• Statutory Valuation of Life Insurance
• Facilitator a: James A. Miles
• Facilitator b: Lyle S. Semchyshyn
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• Session #34 PD
• Capital and Hedge Modeling for Variable Annuities
• Moderator: David Hopewell
• Panel: David Hopewell, Hubert Mueller, Ulrich Stengele
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• Session #35 WS
• Valuation Issues for Non–Medical Insurance
• Facilitators: Larry J. Pfannerstill, Matthew Silverstein
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• Session #36 PD
• Applied Modeling Concepts –(Product Guarantees)
• Moderator: Dennis Stanley
• Panel: Dennis Stanley, James Stoltzfus, Don Wilson
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• Session #37 WS a/b
• Issues Around Principles–Based Accounting
• Facilitators a: Matthew Clark
• Facilitator b: William Hines
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• Session #39 WS
• Equity Indexed Products
• Facilitator: Noel J. Abkemeier, David J. Weinsier
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• Session #40 TS
• GAAP for Universal Life
• Instructor: Edward Jarrett
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• Session #41 WS
• Minimum Guaranteed Benefits on Variable Annuities
• Facilitator: Anthony Ferraro
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• Session #42 WS
• Minimum Guaranteed Benefits on Variable Annuities
• Facilitator: Andrew Eastman
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• Session #43 PD
• Consumer–Directed Health Plans
• Moderator: Stephanie Hurlbut
• Panel: James P. Galasso, Stephanie Hurlbut, David Ingram
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• Session #44 PD
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Moderator: David Ingram
• Panel: David Ingram, Mary Ellen Luning, Samir Shah
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• Session #45 OF
• Smaller Insurance Company Chief and Corporate Actuaries Forum
• Facilitators: Jerry Enoch, Bob Guth, Peter Hitchcock, Terry Long, Narayan Shankar
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