Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. Discusses the latest developments in underwriting and their potential impact on mortality, and the most recent mortality statistics.

Description: The panel offers a summary of the Medicare Modernization Act signed into law in 2003, which implemented sweeping changes to the Medicare program. Topics include Medicare Advantage, the impact on Medicare Supplement, Part D, and the impact on retiree health plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3, Session 127

Description: This session discussion is about the impact of Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB exposure draft, current regulatory environment, tax implications, techniques for estimating potential liabilities, design techniques for controlling liability. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting discusses the new risk-based capital RBC requirements for variable annuities with guranteed benefits such as guaranteed minimum death benefits - GMDBs and guaranteed minimum income benefits - GMIBs. From the Society of Actuaries Record, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: The key tasks of credit risk capital project under CROSS II mainly focus onL(1 )Adjustment of measurement framework; (2) Calibration of risk factors, including both credit spread risk and credit default risk;3)Introduction of concentration risk measurement; (4) Higher requirement on look-through rule.

Description: Learn industry best practices including challenges faced by retirees, such as needing exposure to growth, most exposed to sequencing risk, and the need for smooth returns to avoid poor investor behavior caused by risk aversion. Other topics will include how to set investment objectives which consider the members’ real-world needs and how to build portfolios and implement risk management strategies to meet those objectives. The speaker will provide real-life examples/case studies.

Description: The Forum on Electronic Machines was conducted by the members of the Committee on New Recording Means and Computing Devices. It consisted of summary presentations of selected portions of the Committee's Report entitled Current Status of Magnetic Tape as a Recording and Data Processing Medium, which is to be published by the Society. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 18.

Description: 1998 SOA Spring Meeting, Maui. The panel discussed creative ways of carving up mortgage prepayment risk that have evolved from the collateralized mortgage obligation market.

Description: Maintaining solid financial performance is a KPI for senior management. With the advancement of technology, the management can leverage new techniques to improve their decision making and focus on higher value activities in a timely manner. This presentation sets out the use of 1. correlation analysis to draw relationship between financial metrics and 2. smart analytics techniques, including text mining and analytics, to identify trends and drivers that impact the valuation of a company. We will also assess how the results of a comprehensive financial analysis could influence risk management considerations, including business steering and risk strategy.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting covers new innovative capital structures for the life insurance industry and their impact on financial security. A review of different forms of capital plus the economic impact from both a regulatory and rating agency viewpoint are discussed.