Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists discuss the design and pricing of immediate annuities, as well as related topics including reserving issues, asset strategies, asset/liability matching, reinsurance considerations, and NAIC Actuarial Guidelines IX-A and IX-B. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This panel reviews recent litigation, antitrust laws, advertising regulations, and sales illustration regulations.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses tax changes, company impact including reserve issues, product impact, and reinsurance.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on the purpose, rationale and conclusions of the Committee for Accident and Health Valuation Principles. Discussion also covers the comments received and any modifications to their original draft report.

Description: This panel discussion was from one of the 1982 spring meetings of the Society of Actuaries. The discussion concerned accounting for pensions and other post-employment benefits. The panel considered the following issues: 1. Disclosure 2. Multi-Employer Plans 3. Plans Funded With Insurance Contracts 4. Plans Likely to be Terminated 5. Treatment of Other Post-Retirement Benefits

Description: The financial industry has become increasingly interested in understanding and managing financial risks as well as business risk. While often perceived in terms of risk reduction or mitigation in the past, todays focus has expanded to improve performance and add to the value of the firm. Many banks and securities firms have built risk management areas to better manage their financial risks. Some insurance companies are moving in a similar direction, This session focuses on quantification of various financial risks insurers take on. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1. Maui Spring Meeting, June 15-17, 1998, Session 87PD.

Description: Panel discussion on recent developments in individual disability insurance, including morbidity trends, reserving assumptions and variations, marketing and underwriting trends and trends in claims practices. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in New York.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the use of variable economic assumptions for pension plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss the U.S. statutory and GAAP reserving, and risk-based-capital [RBC], requirements associated with guaranteed minimum death benefits [GMDBs], guaranteed living benefits [GLBs], and enhanced-earnings riders available with variable annuity [VA] contracts. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 142OF of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session provides a brief overview and status of a variety of recent National Association of Insurance Commissioners statutory financial reporting developments.