Description: This article discusses the the 1998 alternartive XXX model regulations and the potential tax impact on the definition of life insurance and on reserve deductions associated therewith.

Description: The article discusses the proposed revisions to the AOMR Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum and how it will affect insurance companies.

Description: This articles notes that there are fewer small insurance companies. It discusses how the impact of mergers and acquisitions and new regulations affect the declining number of small insurance companies.

Description: This article summarizes current regulatory activity discussed at the Spring 2009 meetings of the N.A.I.C. and the National Council of Insurance Legislators.

Description: Recognizing the benefit for actuarial discussions about how COVID-19 will affect our work, the Smaller Insurance Company Section of the Society of Actuaries hosted “COVID-19: What a Smaller Insurance Company Actuary Needs to Know Virtual Town Hall” on April 17, 2020. The following delves into these presentations and discussions.

Description: Discussion of the prospect of federal insurance regulation.

Description: This article discusses regulatory proposals and developments at both the state and federal level that call for small insurer vigilance.

Description: This article discusses the new valuation concepts under Regulation XXX and the practical issues that need to be addressed by companies.

Description: The SEC recently approved a financial disclosure rule mandating that a company must release material and market-moving information to all investors simultaneously. This article looks at the new rule designed to make financial disclosure fairer for all investors and how it may pose problems for larger insurers, while it may level the playing field for smaller insurers.

Description: This article discusses the conflicting opinions surrounding proposed 1998 legislation that would have authorized mutual life insurance companies in New York to reorganize as stock companies through the formation of upstream Mutual Holding Companies.