Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists discuss various aspects of accelerated benefits, also known as “living benefits riders,” such as types of benefits, marketing, tax issues, pricing, valuation, and reinsurance. Regulatory issues are discussed, including the work of the American Council of Life Insurance, ‘ACLI,’ and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, ‘NAIC,’ and their committees, in developing a Model Regulation. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Company representatives and state insurance department representatives addressed issues faced by companies in complying with the form-filing process. In addition, they offered suggestions and guidance in expediting policy form approvals.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses tax changes, company impact including reserve issues, product impact, and reinsurance.

Description: Article Society Seminars by Adams in The Actuary, February 1979, Volume 13, Number 2

Description: A report to explain the new Valuation Basic Tables (VBT), Relative Risk tables (RR), and Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables (CSO)

Description: The term manipulation means designing policies in such a way that they have attractive net cost indexes but are, nevertheless, a very poor buy for the consumer. This panel discusses what is meant by manipulation problem, how serious it is how the NAIC Advisory Committee proposes to deal with it and what responsibilities actuaries have in connection with this problem. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: Panelists discuss the history of this 75-year-old Medical Information Bureau MIB, its very active and data-rich source of medical information, and the services that the MIB offers to clients and other industry groups. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: Summary of the upcoming activities for the Smaller Insurance Company Section in 2016.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing the recent activities of the SOA’s Reinsurance Section.

Description: Panelists discuss various aspects of proposing, developing, and managing equity-indexed insurance products. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.