Description: The panel provided a basis for discussing the implications of the new tax code to life insurance and associated products, including annuities and accident and health insurance, but no discussion of the taxation of insurance companies.

Description: In session 115SM of the Washington Annual Meeting the speaker discusses the impact of recent tax law changes on the insurance business, and the implications for actuaries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session focused on issues and regulations that were breaking at the time of the meeting. The panelists analyzed the most recent announcements from the IRS, Department of Labor, and PBGC. Both retirement and nonretirement developments were presented, with retirement-related issues emphasized.

Description: In this session, panel members speculate about changes to insurance company taxation, policyholder taxation and insurance product taxation in the 1980's. Both U.S. and Canadian viewpoints are shared.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session provided an update from representatives of the IRS and the Department of the Treasury on several topics including: 1. PBGC issues. 2. Social Security issues. 3. Health care issues. 4. Title I issues. 5. Broad principles underlying some remedial amendment period issues.

Description: This 1978 session examines income taxation for North America. Topics covered: I. Canadian Income Tax a. What problems and deficiencies have been found in the new Canadian income tax act and regulations? b. What effect will the new tax rules have on profits, pricing and plan design? Is the overall tax burden fair? Is it fairly distributed? 2. U. S. Income Tax a. What impact will proposals for tax reform, if adopted, have on the life insurance business in the U.S.? What alternatives have been proposed by the industry? b. Are legislative changes needed in the 1959 Company Tax Act? If so, in what areas? c. What are the implications of recent Court decisions?

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss the future, if any, of defined-benefit pension plans, and whether they have been “legislated” out of existence, in particular the role of the Internal Revenue Service as the primary regulator of pension plans. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: Presenters will explore how climate risks are measured scientifically, and in what ways the insurance and reinsurance industries can play a larger role in managing risk. In an accessible manner and assuming no scientific background from the audience, we will review and discuss the background of climate science, and the unique role that the insurance industry can play. Specifically, we will discuss outcomes from a recent interdisciplinary workshop, 'The Nexus of Climate Data, Insurance, and Adaptive Capacity,' held November 2018 at The Collider in Asheville, NC. The workshop facilitated a national, interdisciplinary scientific research discussion on modeling and managing climate change risks between three different, but related research communities: the climate modeling and data community, statisticians, and researchers within the insurance and reinsurance industries. Co-sponsors of the workshop include the Society of Actuaries (SOA), the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Statistics and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI)

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss the potential impacts of recent and prospective legislation on flexible benefit programs, pricing and underwriting considerations in a flexible benefit environment, managed care and flexible benefits, and meeting the challenges that confront employers with flexible benefit programs. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3A.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1982 Orlando Spring Meeting discusses tax parity for individual life insurance companies and products. The focus is on some of the very basic issues of taxation as the industry begins planning for a longer range solution to the issues posed by the current tax structure.