Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the impacts on preparing reserves and an Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum caused by differing reserve requirements in each state.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session covers current issues in reinsurance treaty wording including: · Claims wording · Insolvency wording of the direct company and of the reinsurer · Are the reinsurer rates guaranteed? · Does the treaty follow the NAIC model regulation?.

Description: From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Presents questions to actuaries who are experts in the field of actuarial valuation of insurance company assets and liabilities.

Description: Discussion of an annual seminar offered by the American Academy of Actuaries to enable actuaries to meet the minimum standards for signing actuarial opinions, such as those required for the Statutory Annual Statement, relating to their being tested on applicable economic, regulatory and legal environments.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 The National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation XXX sets forth the valuation requirements for life insurance with nonlevel premiums or nonlevel benefits, including term insurance and universal life with certain underlying guarantees. Panelists discussed the issues around implementation of the requirements. The issues discussed include: • Determination of X factors when no credible company mortality exists • Proper treatment of secondary guarantees in universal life insurance • Preparation of the mortality assumption opinion requirements • Impacts on product development and design

Description: 1987 Valuation Actuary Handbook: Chapter 1: Addresses life insurance company statutory reserve valuation.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. Discusses the new regulatory requirements, including the invention of an illustration actuary and what the job entails, and the tasks to be accomplished in achieving compliance.

Description: A discussion of life insurance securitizations and how they can be structured to provide surplus relief associated with onerous reserve requirements.

Description: This 1981 session concerned Individual Life Insurance Cost Disclosure Issues including i. Current Status of Cost Disclosure Requirements 2. Responses to Cost Disclosure Pressures 3. Future Needs and Problems 4. Vehicles Available to Effect Changes There is also a discussion of replacements and the need for better communication of the comparisons of the replaced policy to the new policy to prospective buyers.