Description: This session 13TS of the Dallas Spring Meeting provides a basic background on derivatives and discusses how derivatives can be used in insurance and pension investment portfolios, how they are valued, and how they can impact the long-term financial situation of a portfolio.From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 13TS

Description: This session 29PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting describes the stochastic modeling framework developed by Canada for valuation and the practical issues encountered in its implementation. An update on developments in the valuation of similar features in the U.S. is also provided to allow a comparison of the approaches being taken in the two countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 29PD

Description: Annuities are presenting ever-greater risks for the direct writers: • Variable annuities with guaranteed minimum and enhanced death benefits and income benefits • Fixed annuities with multi-year rate guarantees are capital intensive • In-force structured settlements have asset portfolios with declining investment yields • The impact to the payout annuity market from lengthening life expectancies From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 146 PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting

Description: The panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discuss recent GAAP activities including new Standards of Practice for new nontraditional products and internal replacements. Developments at the FASB and SEC are also discussed.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discuss variable annuity reserving issues with respect to statutory, GAAP and tax. Methodologies and the effect of a proposed Standard of Practice are discussed.

Description: Panelists discuss current issues and trends impacting health plan contracting with providers. Hospital and physician contracting is discussed from both a payer's and provider's persepctive. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 30

Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. This session covered the results of new experience studies for individual disability, group disability and group life, the implications of the results, and the future direction of the studies.

Description: This session discussion is about the actuary should be aware of techniques that are available to compare the expected returns from many different types of investments. Understanding these techniques will assist the actuary in pricing many of today's insurance products as well as measuring their ongoing profitability. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about proposed revisions of the Standard Valuation Law. The changes from the insurance company and regulator perspective are discussed. The concept of the valuation actuary is also discussed.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting focuses on the connection between the pricing function and financial reporting, communicating financial information to senior management and asset/liability management.