Description: 1996 VALUATION ACTUARY SYMPOSIUM. This session was an introduction to the symposium and provided commentary on activities in LHATFA.

Description: This session discussion is about the state of the art for the valuation actuary and the technical developments have occurred that will be useful to valuation actuaries. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting focuses on the relationship between the pricing actuary and the valuation actuary from the standpoint of each.

Description: This presentation, session number 6PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists discuss recent and potential developments in statutory reserving for annuity products, including reserves for variable annuities with guaranteed living benefits, NAIC Actuarial Guidelines 33, 34, and 35, new annuity valuation table update, proposed revisions to NAIC Actuarial Guideline 9-A on substandard annuity reserves, reserves for annuities linking returns to general account asset pools, reserves for guaranteed investment contracts with bailouts triggered by downgrades, changes to NAIC Model Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum Regulation, and unified valuation system update. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss major pricing issues with immediate annuities: [1] mortality assumptions, including improvement projections and substandard risks, [2] investment strategy, [3] expenses, and [4] valuation. Also discussed separately is a description of structured settlements and special issues with marketing such products. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Update on the proceedings of the March 2010 NAIC meeting.

Description: Author reported on sessions she attended at September 2009 NAIC meeting, including much information on the Valuation Manual.

Description: This session discussion: Product design, Risks and how to deal with them, Special features, Valuation considerations, Investment strategy, Regulatory developments.

Description: The focus of this session is to give you a survey of recent developments in the financial reporting area. From 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 1.

Description: This article summarizes the results of the first part of a U.S. Appointed Actuaries survey asking about the usefulness of the various documents that have been created to guide valuation actuaries.