Description: In session 128 OF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the advantages available to and the challenges faced by chief or corporate actuaries of life insurance companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Noting that the Commissioners Annuity Reserve Method has been adopted by almost all states in the past four years as the basis for valuing individual account annuities in statutory statements, the author reviews this reserve method and how the various provisions commonly included in modern deferred annuity policies should be reserved to be consistent with its methodology. Includes discussion and author’s review of discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982 Volume 34.

Description: In July 1987, the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Committee on Life Insurance Company Valuation Principles released an exposure draft in which a distinction was made between valuation principles and standards of practice. Rather than including specific standards of practice in the valuation principles themselves, the Committee developed valuation principles to encompass current and future standards of practice. Panelists discuss the work of the valuation actuary in the context of these developments. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Who are our customers? What do they value? How do they buy? These are just a few of the questions that must always be considered. This panel discusses the answers to these and other questions as they exist today and as they will develop over the next five years.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the special problems and opportunities of a small company, specifically, tracking current developments, the role of the actuary, distribution systems and other actuarial problems.

Description: Discussion of asset coinsurance, including how the arrangements work, risks involved, goals of transactions, relationship issues between the ceding and assuming companies, and regulatory issues.

Description: Panelists discuss: [1] Practice Bulletin 8 that was written for FAS 97, [2] Purchase GAAP [PGAAP], and [3] GAAP for re-entry term products. Session 10 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session was about what constitutes a good predictor for modeling. Topics included: 1. Size of model. 2. Lines of business. 3. Purpose. 4. Kinds of models. 5. Accuracy of model versus assumptions. 6. Presentation of results. 7. How to get credibility.