Description: News Direct chairperson's column discussing recent activities, future plans, and the new officers of the Marketing and Distribution Section of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Feature article discussing the current International Accounting Standards Board IASB Exposure Draft ED. A model of 10 year level term life insurance is use to demonstrate the amortization of residual margin. Residual margin is to be set at issue as the amount which offsets any gain at issue that would otherwise be recorded after accounting for fulfillment cash flowd and an explicit risk adjustment.

Description: Comments from the incoming chairperson of the Marketing and Distribution Section for 2010.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing the Marketing and Distribution Section initiatives.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Issue No. 66, September 2006.

Description: This article describes the draft guidance for the treatment of reinsurance by the IASB and FASB. It analyzes several alternative potential approaches to recognizing gains and losses from reinsurance from the perspective of the ceding company.

Description: The authors explain big data and the potential uses of this information, especially as it is beginning to be adopted by the life insurance industry.

Description: Organic, top-line growth is key to life insurance companies for creating shareholder value and achieving long-term success. Companies that do not position themselves for organic growth risk falling behind as competitors seize market opportunities for expansion.