Description: Author highlights historical nonforfeiture and federal tax law changes, as they have impacted life product designs, in prognosticating about future product designs.

Description: Update on Federal Tax Issues Under the 2001 CSO Mortality Tables

Description: This article provides an alternative method to the computation of the Reduction in Benefits Test under 7702A. Part 1 provided for reduction in death benefits. Part 2 provides for reduction in Qualified Additional Benefits.

Description: A recap of the SOA Research Institute's participation in the Spring 2024 NAIC National Meeting.

Description: A high-level overview of the recent release of the update to the illustration practice notes, or IPNs.

Description: The article provides an introduction to some of the key limitations that the Internal Revenue Code imposes on business uses of life insurance, focusing on the limitations under Section 264(a) on business deductions for premiums and interest expenses related to life insurance, the similar limitations under Section 264(f) for unrelated interest expenses of businesses that own life insurance, the limitations under Section 101(j) on the excludability of death benefits under employer-owned life insurance contracts, and the recently-enacted rules for life settlement transactions.

Description: This article discusses final Treasury Regulations published in October 2019 under Internal Revenue Code sections 101 and 6050Y. The regulations cover new tax reporting requirements for transfers and sales of life insurance contracts, as well as changes to the transfer-for-value rules related to reportable policy sales

Description: Article from The Actuary February 1993 Volume27, No. 2 highlights benefits to insurers from NAFTA

Description: Article examines a proposed amendment to the MAP-21 Act that would have changed a number of tax requirements regarding so-called life settlements.

Description: This article discusses new tax reporting requirements for transfers for value under section 6050Y. It also discusses changes to the transfer for value rule of section 101(a)(2) and (3), including the definition of a reportable policy sale.