Description: Structured Indexed Annuity is a new product that entered the U.S. market in 2013. With features from both Variable Annuities and Fixed Annuities, it has gained popularity and increased market share since its introduction. The information shared in this session is intended to 'demystify' the product, provide an overview of product features and reserving considerations, and meet the needs of actuaries focused on annuity product development and reserve valuation.

Description: Economics professor discusses the economics of fair and unfair discrimination in insurance. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: The last of three articles on the 1983 Table a. The first two articles described the steps in contructing the 1973 Experience Table and the 1983 Table a. This article compares the reserves from the 1983 Table a to the 1971 IAM Table at various ages and by gender.

Description: The speaker will share his insights into the hedging challenges faced by FIA and VA business in the current market environment.

Description: Retirees will face the societal issue of inadequate savings with likely insufficient time to rectify the situation. They need immediate growth, but also the disciplines of risk management. They typically do not know how to engage with these two aspects in a harmonious manner on their own. Insurance companies are in the business of providing the solution but regulators have been clamping down in favor of simpler and more transparent products. In addition, the market reality over the last decade has been that insurers have stock betas at a multiple to the general markets with PE ratios well below. A panel of senior professionals from writers of retirement product business will present their vision of how the insurance industry can address the above dilemma, including the risks underlying the writing of the business, impact of financial markets, and regulations in the development of the business.

Description: In this session, a company will share its experience on managing risks underlying the equity-linked insurance guarantees and what lessons were learned over these years as it adapted its strategies to suit the current market environment.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers annuity reinsurance, specifically quota-share coinsurance, It addresses why companies buy annuity reinsurance, what risks are transferred, investment strategies and factors to consider when choosing a reinurance partner. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: The SOA recently launched the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program with the release of a new study on the economic impact of opioid abuse. In this session, results of this study will be presented along with insights and plans for the future of the Program.

Description: This is a Pension Section News book review of 'Annuity Markets and Pension Reform,' by George A. 'Sandy' Mackenzie. The book has two main objectives. First, for public pension systems that plan to implement individual account reform, it provides a guide to the policies that should govern and regulate distributions from individual accounts. Second it considers the adequacy of the regulation and supervision of the annuity business, and how private annuity markets might function more efficiently.

Description: Discusses earlier IRS rulings on Contingent Deferred Annuities and the latest ones, PLRs 201117012 and 201117013. Highlights two important additional issues covered in latest rulings.