Description: This session exams the SOA Long-Term Care Valuation Table Committee's progress on valuation, reserve adequacy & regulatory issues as well as table construction and implementation. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 97

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Panel discussion of the work being done by the Society of Actuaries and the NAIC to further development of a Unified Valuation System.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 19–20, 2002 Panelists discuss the several issues regarding the 2001 CSO table. Attendees explored the implications for statutory reserving in general, implications for reserving under Regulation XXX, implications for the tax definition of life insurance, and other broad strategic issues. The timeframe and adoption mechanics for statutory reserving, tax reserving, and Section 7702 were also discussed.

Description: From the 1985 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Discussion on the role of valuation actuary.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Examination of real life case studies of recent insurance company insolvencies to test whether the concept of the Valuation Actuary would have prevented insolvencies or reduced the losses resulting from insolvencies.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Discussion of the future role of the valuation actuary

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.

Description: This discussion looked at defining tax parity between mutual companies and stock companies as well as the consequences of failure to achieve tax parity.

Description: This session dealt with pension fund investments with respect to the following discussion topics: A. In May, 1962, there was a drastic fall in stock prices. What effect, if any, did this have on a objectives as to the proportion of pension funds invested in equities and b methods of valuing equity pension assets for pension- fund valuation purposes? B. Where pension funds are invested in a pooled or commingled account what special problems are encountered in asset valuation for pension-fund valuation purposes as distinguished from investments held in an individual separate account or trust?

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