Description: Panelists discuss: [1] a way to study interest-rate risk using stochastic methods, [2] a conceptual framework needed to evaluate the suitability of an investment strategy for insurance liabilities, and [3] how one company [Capital Holding] develops investment strategies and asset/liability management policies. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion of universal life products. It includes: 1. Benefit structure including underwriting and reinsurance, values, and surplus requirements 2. Asset-liability matching 3. Taxes, expenses, and administration 4. Consumer protection, including the company's obligations, at time of sale 5. Marketing, sales compensation, and replacement questions Specifically it highlights the benefit structure asset-liability matching taxes, expenses and administration consumer protection, including the company's obligations, at time of sale and marketing, sales compensation and replacement questions.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. Discusses how decreases in mortality and improvements in selection of risk techniques are being offset by increased lapse rates and selection costs. The panel discussed current and anticipated responses.

Description: Discusses securitizing policyholder loans [PHLs], including the history, purpose, and benefits of such transactions. Then, using the example of Prudential's large $619 million PHL securitization, panelists discuss it from perspectives of the seller [Pru], actuarial cash flows of the PHLs being securitized, the securities issuer, and the marketing of the securities. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss the development of actuarial rating models for defined contribution DC health plans. Topics include building appropriate models for these plans, determining assumptions for the models and monitoring actual experience versus expected model results. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 83

Description: This session discusses techniques that can be used for the designing, pricing and reserving of new long-term care [LTC] benefits. Included is a discussion on wellness benefits and options for traditional LTC insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 97

Description: This session covers the economic principles of “buffet pricing” and whether such pricing can be used for health care. Presented is an argument in favor of “all you can eat” pricing of health care where consumers pay a fixed fee and have no constraints on consumption. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 118

Description: This session discusses the merits of the Small Business Health Fairness Act [an amendment to ERSIA] and the implications of associations sponsoring health plans for small employer groups. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 35

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 92PD, from the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists provide an introduction to the role financial reinsurance can play in today's competitive environment. They define financial reinsurance by comparing and contrasting it with traditional reinsurance, and explain how financial reinsurance can play a role in meeting specific business goals. The panelists examine the financial reinsurance marketplace and the economic, regulatory, and strategic considerations, and discuss the concept of statutory and GAAP risk transfer and the related accounting guidance. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. This session describes the general features of advance programs operated by various Federal Home Loan Banks, summarizes potential benefits to insurers and identifies key issues surrounding the programs.