Description: Discussion of the paper 'The Effect of Varying Interest Rates' by Charles Connolly.

Description: A research paper that outlines a seamless method of deriving assumptions for modern reserving and solvency capital requirements from a company’s own data.

Description: This paper presents specifications and formulas for determining life insurance policy reserves in compliance with Sections 5 and 8 of the NAIC model Standard Valuation Law as amplified by the NAIC Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation, also referred to as Regulation XXX.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, 'Insurance for Face Amount or Paid-Up Insurance Amount if Greater' by Cecil Nesbitt and Marjorie Van Eenam.

Description: The Individual Life Insurance Valuation Mortality Task Force of the Society of Actuaries has completed a new Valuation Basic Mortality Table for individual life insurance. This was updated April 2005 - Age Last Birthday tables added. This zipped file will decompress into 6 documents 2 Microsoft Word documents and 4 Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. ?Final Report.doc ?Appendix A.doc ?Ratio.xls ?Female.xls ?Male.xls ?ALB.xls

Description: This paper deals with the problem of determining the effect on reserves of variations in the assumptions. A general approach to this problem is presented and then used to extend Lidstone's theorem, mainly to cases involving a nonmonotone critical function. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: Excerpts from Yee's presentation on the S-Curve reserve for Universal life. The S-Curve represents a distribution of amount of assets needed under 550 scenarios which, together with future premiums, will fund all future policy benefits and expenses. The reserve is a specific point on the Curve.

Description: This is an actuarial note presenting a valuation method for retirement income endowment policies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This is a digest of of informal discussions recorded in the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 27. Topics addressed: 1. Need for a new life valuation table. 2. Special policies such as Family Plans and Bank Loan and Split Dollar Plans. 3. Trends in agent compensation.

Description: This report summarizes a research project examining the proposed principle-based framework for reserves and capital for life insurance. The report is a review and analysis of case studies submitted by participating companies in response to proposed changes in individual life insurance statutory reserve and risk-based capital methodologies.