Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. Panelists discussed current issues in emerging markets, such as China Life's initial public offering and the impact of new international accounting standards.

Description: RECORD OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES 1976 VOL. 2 NO. 3 This session looks at a variety of proposed laws and regulations on the consumerism front including the U.S. Senate's Consumer Insurance Information and Fairness Act, NAIC cost comparison and disclosure, proposals concerning privacy and risk classification by sex, and Canadian developments.

Description: This session discussion is about Canadian perspective about pricing considerations, benefit design, reserving considerations and United States developments. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: Panelists examine a general desire of companies to focus on their core business activities and to consider alternative means of providing plan administration. Also considered is the possible role of actuaries in future plan administration. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Fall Meeting discusses the current status of proposals to change the 1959 Life Insurance Company Federal Tax Act, the tax status of modified coinsurance and other current tax developments including the taxation of several of the new products being developed such as Universal Life and certain annuities. We will also talk about some recent tax rulings which involved wrap-around annuities. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting discusses the Exposure Draft of the Committee on Theory of Dividends and Other Non-Guaranteed Elements in Life Insurance and Annuities and of other related developments. It also contrasts participating policies to the new universal live and excess interest type products.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about aspects of surplus management including objectives of a structured capital management program, surplus management for a stock versus mutual company, and sources and costs of raising capital.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. In this session the 1992 acting president of the National Organization of Life and Health Guaranty Associations discussed some of the major liquidations/rehabilitations that NOLHGA has dealt with and the policyholder protection afforded under the model guarantee fund law.

Description: A survey of available derivatives and a description of how they can be used in pension portfolios is presented. How derivatives can help investment performance, whether derivatives are appropriate for their pension assets, and the special risks associated with derivatives are also examined. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about FAS 97 including assumption setting, timing issues, unlocking of assumptions and restatement of unamortized acquisition costs, purchase accounting, and handling the EITF ruling.