Description: In session 117 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the status of a study regarding the current valuation methodologies applicable to life insurance, annuities, and health insurance, as well as the legal and regulatory mechanisms through which they are implemented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

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.

Description: This open forum is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss actual experiences related to consulting on plan design issues, including the effect of regulatory restriction on plan design, such as the nondiscrimination rules, further application of cash balance plans, and other recent developments that affect plan design. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses the current economic situation, demographics and insurance market in other countries. The discussion addresses such issues as the changes in laws and regulations, the economic climate, cultural environments, and other factors affecting insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This presentation, session number 80PD, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 16-18 in Seattle. The panelists discuss the far-reaching, and not fully understood, proposals for fundamentally changing Social Security, including proposals from Congress, private individuals and groups, and by members of the recent Advisory Council on Social Security. They include “privatizing” Social Security, partially or fully, and changing the investment policy to allow trust fund investments in private securities. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. This panel discussion is designed for the experienced pension practitioner. The panelists, using numerical illustrations, discuss how to do calculations to prove nondiscrimination under proposed Internal Revenue Code regulation 401[a][4]. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting is an overview of what is happening with the NAIC. It covers how the NAIC operates, new mortality tables such as unisex and smoker/non-smoker, integrated financial services, current status of universal life and variable life, investment aspects of actuarial opinions, cost disclosure and other topics.

Description: A panel of practitioners and a PBGC representative present current issues relating to the federal pension insurance program. In particular, PBGC premium issues are reviewed, reportable events and issues pertaining to plan terminations is covered. A significant portion of this session is devoted to audience questions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: This presentation discusses the ways actuaries have dealt with regulations under Internal Revenue Code 401a4 which prescribes tests that are required to be completed by qualified retirement plans to ensure that plan benefits/contributions do not discriminate in favor of officers, shareholders, or highly compensated employees. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented information on the implementation of the 1980 amendments to the Standard Valuation Law. Topics included:1. Status of Enactment, 2. Guidelines For Interpretation, 3. Model Regulations including indeterminate premium plans, indexed plans and universal life., and 4. Computer Specifications for reserves and nonforfeiture values using the 1980 CSO Tables. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 8, No. 4.