Description: Society of Actuaries' 1998 New Zealand Ambassador’s Report, including a discussion of two industry-related developments dealing with the privatization of worker's compensation and the consolidation of the insurance industry

Description: Updated Regulations Define Eligibility for Standard Mail Rates by Mitch Hisiger from News Direct, January 2006, Issue No. 52.

Description: Article discussing the Life Actuarial Task Force exposure of potential revisions to AG33.

Description: The article discusses common themes with personal branding: be authentic, consistently manage your brand, manage your social media reputation.

Description: Describes changes to California Insurance Code 10235.52, and details the remaining differences from Section 26 of the NAIC LTC Insurance Model Regulation.

Description: Panelists discuss the profitability of single-premium deferred annuities [SPDAs], variable annuities [VAs], and equity-indexed annuities [EIAs] over the last few years. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: A discussion of the new management structure for the SOA International organization

Description: The NAIC is expected to adopt the model regulation for the 2001 CSO table in late 2002. The question then becomes: how quickly will states adopt the table? In the absence of a push by the insurance industry, there is a chance that there may not be 26 state adoptions in 2003.

Description: This article discusses the ratio of male birth to female birth, which is dropping. The experts cite older ages of parents, environmental pollution, fertility drugs, and other factors. This article discusses the observation that throughout nature, the ecosystem maintains a remarkable stability. Due to declining mortality rates for males relative to females, fewer males need to be born now to maintain equal numbers of males and females during the reproductive years. This may be a factor in the decline of the ratio of males born to females born.

Description: This general discussion looks at problems or solutions developed in the field of agents' compensation, considerations leading companies to recent reductions in individual annuity rates, trend to offer first year cash values, increasing demand for the issuance of insurance at ages up to 70 and beyond, and if the SOA should give consideration to elective subjects in the Fellowship exam.