Description: This article is about junk assets. Insurance companies own over one third of the junk assets in the U.S. which has raised concerns and caused certain states to enact laws or regulations regarding junk investments.

Description: Full version of Product Matters! September 2006, Issue No. 66.

Description: Author reported on sessions she attended at September 2009 NAIC meeting, including much information on the Valuation Manual.

Description: This article is about equity indexed products sold by insurance companies, the regulatory scrutiny they are generating, and the initiatives being taken by actuaries to resolve these issues and concerns.

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: Article from The Actuary, December 1998 – volume 32 - Issue 10 that provides a short summary on the SOA finances provided by the treasurer.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the latest developments at the NAIC including Nonforfeiture Law, annual statement changes, the newly passed model requlation on life and health reinsurance and XXX reserves. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This session provided an overview of current statutory valuation issues pertaining to life and annuity products. Topics included: 1. Actuarial opinion and memorandum regulation amendments. 2. Progress on variable products reserving standards. 3. Regulation XXX mortality factors. 4. Adoption of the 2001 CSO. 5. Progress on the C-3 Phase II RBC project. 6. An update on annuity and life nonforfeiture.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Issue No. 53, June 2003.

Description: Summary of Part II of the survey of Appointed Actuaries, sponsored by the American Academy of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Financia1 Reporting and the Society of Actuaries Financial Reporting Section, which asked appointed actuary various questions on methodology and assumptions employed for asset adequacy testing.