Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Discussion of how actuaries can influence federal legislation in issues of interest to life insurance companies.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Issue 45, March 2001.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Number 40, October 1999.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Issue No. 65, June 2006.

Description: Full version of Product Matters! May 2006, Issue No. 65.

Description: Remarks on the pricing of joint LTC policies illustrate the need for an actuary's responsibility to the law, and to best practices, to take precendence over serving sales, marketing and underwriting objectives.

Description: Discussion of rate differences by family tier and risk class for LTC and Medicare Supplement plans, and to what extent these differences are fair, ethical, legal, or actuarially sound.

Description: This second session in the two-part series focuses on proposed changes to the Standard Nonforfeiture Law for deferred annuities. Industry experts discuss and debate the necessity for these changes, the issues surrounding them, and their impact on product design. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 148PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This article asks the question, Is It appropriate to underwrite changes to UL death benefit options?

Description: This first session in the two-part series focuses on Guidelines XYZ and AXXX and their impact on universal life plans with secondary guarantees versus traditional whole life plans. Industry experts – both panelists and audience participants – discuss and debate the necessity for these regulations, the issues surrounding them, and their impact on product design. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 141IF of the Boston Annual Meeting.