Description: Outline of modifications to formulas in previously released FORTRAN program to compute two-life annuities, including those designated 'qualified joint and survivor annuities' in the ERISA Act of 1974.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 2. This article discusses how the the choice of basis for measuring Interest Rate Spread impacts pricing and accounting for interest sensitive products.

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.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about redetermination of 'Non-Guaranteed Pricing Elements Recommendations', actuarial responsibilities to the various publics relative to nonguaranteed pricing functions and brief status report on Interim Actuarial Standards Board 'IASB' including how this Committee's Exposure Draft affects the IASB.

Description: discussion of arbitrage possibilities cause by inconsistent mortality pricing assumptions in annuity products vis. a vis. life insurance products

Description: This abstract describes a paper that derives a simple explicit solution for an efficient portfolio with positive weights.

Description: The decrease in interest rates over the last several years has led to decreases in the maximum valuation rate and maximum nonforfeiture interest rate, and companies need to prepare for these changes.

Description: Discussion of solvency problems and the actuary's role in addressing them in the life insurance industry.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Relationship of pricing and valuation actuaries in Canada, Financial reporting system as an information source for product development, Interaction of the pricing actuary, valuation actuary, and investment officer in designing interest-sensitive products, Allocation impact on product development of expense, investment income, tax, and capital, Financial reporting information in changing premium rates for nonguaranteed premium products, Maintaining consistency between pricing and financial projection models, Reserve basis and nonforfeiture basis impact on product development, with special reference to lapse-sensitive products.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about techniques companies are using to maintain compatibility between investment practices and pricing assumptions for interest-sensitive products: Segregated assets, Use of options/futures, Asset/liability matching, Market value adjustments.