Description: This article discusses the structure of and the dangers posed by Stranger-Originated Life Insurance STOLI.

Description: Update from ACLI on tax issues of interest

Description: Savings from biosimilars have accelerated significantly in the past few years. There has been a number of relatively recent biosimilar launches that can help to shape our expectations of the financial impact that could result from this year’s big event. Savings from biosimilars have accelerated significantly in the past few years. There has been a number of relatively recent biosimilar launches that can help to shape our expectations of the financial impact that could result from this year’s big event.

Description: Collective Defined Contribution Plans offer an option in plan design that lies somewhere between defined benefit and defined contribution plans. This is achieved by fixing the contributions to the plan, but allowing benefits to fluctuate based on experience. This article provides a basic summary of how they can be structured. There are limitations to their use in the US, but are gaining in popularity elsewhere around the globe.

Description: I present my thoughts on the importance for the section to collaborate with other sections and what the section is doing to collaborate.

Description: Description of the stage of development of economic risk-based solvency regulation in Latin America, with focus on Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

Description: Extracting Inflation Expectations from Bond Yields by Frank A. Schmid from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, April 2000, Issue No. 34.

Description: This article provides a summary of the February 1967 Canadian Institute of Actuaries discussion on the 1966 amendment to the Old Age Security Act and its effects on Canada and Quebec pension plans.

Description: Company Considerations and Regulatory Perspective for Offering Reduced Benefit Options

Description: Feature article discussing how actuaries are affected by the need for maintaining controls and the use of IT resources for meeting these needs.