Description: The panelists in this session discuss recent developments impacting the actuarial valuation of retiree health benefits. Topics include Medicare prescription drug reform, FAS 106, and proposed GASB statements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 19

Description: Future mortality improvement is an important assumption in the valuation of life insurance and annuities. In this session, presenters will discuss the work of the Mortality Improvement subgroup of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Life Experience Committee and the Society of Actuaries’ Preferred Mortality Oversight Group Valuation Basic Table Team in developing mortality improvement scales for AG-38 and VM-20. In addition, two recent SOA efforts on mortality improvement will be examined. Research on developing a broader framework for modeling mortality improvement assumptions is being developed to enable U.S. actuaries additional ways to follow a consistent approach across a variety of actuarial practice applications. Results from a study on U.S. population mortality by socioeconomic category and how it fits into the broader consistent framework will be presented. Additionally, results of a survey on mortality improvement practices of life insurance companies and reinsurers in Canada and the U.S. will be shared.

Description: Table of contents for the 1999 Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held in Seattle, Washington

Description: Panelists discuss keys to successful disability reinsurance arrangements including excess, and turnkey/quota share reinsurance. Topics include financial terms, administrative provisions, claims, underwriting, tax and regulatory implications. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 81

Description: List of workshops at the June 1986 Spring Meeting with no written record.

Description: This session discussion is about state-mandated health benefits. Who should decide and who should pay? The basis of making decisions, effect on insurance rates, impact on self-insurance, legislative process and timing of savings. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.

Description: This session challenges participants to consider the insurance landscape over the next five to ten years and how existing business models need to evolve. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 19PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 2001 Annual Meeting discusses the basics of embedded value [EV], how EV can be used to measure an insurance company's results, and current best practices.

Description: Panelists discuss the current climate for Critical Illness insurance in the United States. Topics include product design, pricing, underwriting, and marketing high-end products. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3, Session 11

Description: This teaching session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting presents items to consider when implementing new or revising existing reinsurance arrangements. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.