Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session addressed the asset valuation reserve, the interest maintenance reserve, the RBC requirements, and the impact on the company's investment strategies of these reserves.

Description: In session 69PD of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss the proposed/adopted versions of the new NAIC model investment law, and their potential financial and investment strategy impact on insurance companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session was about the impact of low interest rates. In 1993 the Moody's Aaa Corporate yields were near 8%. Topics included: 1. The effect by product line on different kinds of business. 2. The effect on merger and acquisition activity. 3. The interaction with tax 4. The interaction with regulatory changes.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This presenters in this session discussed the impact of lower interest rates. In 1993 the Moody's Aaa Corporate Yield were near 8%. Questions raised: • Are lower interest rates here to stay? • What are the product development implications? • What are the market share implications? • Are we recognizing the disintermediation risk?

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discuss operational risk for companies in the asset management business and the operational considerations for mitigating that risk. A specific case of operational failure is explored.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers liquidity including the external view of liquidity, the internal view of liquidity and liquidity ratios and an actual liquidity stress situation. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York Meeting covers securitization of insurance liabilities. Securitization of insurance risk is an alternative risk transfer other than reinsurance based on the idea that investors participate directly in the insurance risk. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session reviewed the state of developments on the draft of the NAIC Model Investment Law.

Description: At this session 164S of the New York Annual Meeting presenters discuss SOA-sponsored research on private placement asset risk and returns, and specifically the results of the 1986-94 Experience Study. Also examined are current and changing trends in the private placement marketplace. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discuss how changes in interest rates affect the assets and liabilities of a life insurance company and what a company can do to prepare. This session examines historical trends in interest rates and how companies have reacted to both sudden and gradual changes.