Description: This 1978 session focused on regulatory considerations in Group Health Insurance focused on the following questions: 1. What is the impact of National Health Insurance and Federal Hospital Cost Control? 2. What is the impact of non-discrimination legislation and regulation? 3. What is the impact of recent OASDI financing changes and changes in mandatory retirement age? 4. What is the future of multi-employer trusts and self-insurance?

Description: This 1978 panel discussed risk classification systems for a variety of products. Topics covered included: 1. regulatory and social policy encroachment on risk classification systems 2. possible changes in underwriting/marketing strategy because of changed regulatory requirements 3. use of the social imperative via regulation or legislation to mandate availability of coverage to high risk classifications 4. implied use of the risk classification system to provide incentives to control socially undesirable behavior 5. potential use of private mass coverage to minimize the impact on risk classification systems for coverages mandated by law or social policy 6. the ultimate in risk classification systems: self-insurance

Description: In this session at the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting, the panelists discuss the value of deferred taxes to the owner of an IRA, 401k or similar product. The time it takes for tax-deferral benefits to overcome typical penalties levied on early distributions is reviewed. They also discuss the effect of tax deferral on the risk profile of investments.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting give an overview of the new methodology to compute the C-3 component of statutory risk-based capital and quantification of the impact of the change in methodology. Issues from a regulatory perspective and from a company perspective are discussed.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting covers new innovative capital structures for the life insurance industry and their impact on financial security. A review of different forms of capital plus the economic impact from both a regulatory and rating agency viewpoint are discussed.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting presents their approach to an integrated risk management framework that assesses the level of risk in the organization and where it lies on the balance sheet.

Description: This 1978 panel presentation discussed futurism topics and presented the results of a survey on demographic trends conducted by the Committee on Futurism. Key findings of survey comparing mid 1960's with mid 1970's: A. Divorce rate - doubled B. Fertility rate - declined by about one-third C. Mortality - little improvement for the adult ages of 25-64 D. Retirement Age - trend toward early retirement has met a counter force due in part to inflation

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting explore economic capital from the standpoint of an SOA task force including an industry survey, one company's implementation, and a regulator.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion examined individual tax qualified products. Areas covered included: 1. Regulatory developments 2. Products being used 3. Effect of the current money market on product design 4. Assumptions 5. Results by market 6. Spousal IRA's

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session discussed the 1992 status of NAIC risked-based capital. Topics included: 1. An update of the formula and the model law. 2. The regulatory viewpoint, which addressed the need for RBC and how the model law was to be implemented. 3. The rating agency viewpoint on RBC and its use.