Description: Recently, there has been an increase in the product development of simplified issue products in the United States. In the past two years, Gen Re LifeHealth has reviewed over 40 such products, ranging from vanilla direct-marketed products to high-end single premium immediate annuity SPIA paid universal life products. From Small Talk Newsletter, June 2005, Issue No. 24.

Description: This article presented excerpts taken from a 1998 newsletter of the National Alliance of Life Companies regarding XXX. The topics covered included possible adoption timeline, basic reserves, unitary reserve test, deficiency reserves, deficiency mortality table, etc.

Description: Three tax-related articles of interest to those associated with smaller insurance companies.

Description: This article discusses how small insurance companies can get into the complex equity indexed market by using alliances wherein there is one primary company and one or more secondary companies. The primary company would perform all of the functions for itself and some of the functions for the secondary companies. The companies pool assets to reach critical mass.

Description: This article suggests ways for small insurance companies to obtain modeling information on more intricate assets, such as collateralized mortgage obligations [CMO], at a low cost.

Description: This article explores Simplified Issue SI as a product. There is a small-company slant toward SI whole life because the vast majority of my experience with SI is in the senior market. However, most of what will be discussed still applies to all SI.

Description: This article discusses response of LHAFT to Proposed Actuarial Guideline XYZ

Description: The current drafts of the principle-based reserves PBR model law and accompanying regulations appear to include credit life insurance within the scope. It is expected that once the scope of PBR is expanded to include accident and health insurance, credit disability will fall within its scope as well. This article describes how will this affect credit actuaries.

Description: This article provides a quick guide to the applicability of ASOP 7, ASOP 22 and ACG4.