Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session addresed life and annuity sales illustrations. Topics included: • Current initiatives from various task forces including those of the AAA, NAIC, ACLI, NALU, and ASCLU. • Have illustrations taken on a life of their own? • What should be done about illustrations, especially by actuaries?

Description: In this article, the author talks about the Brazilian life insurance and annuity markets.

Description: This discussion note for many sessions at the 1980 Spring Meeting defines the theme of the meeting and sets the objectives under three scenarios. Objectives: 1. Recognize and reflect the basic concepts of futurism. 2. Identify the general direction of individual life and annuity business. 3. Paint a picture of what our business will look like by the end of the decade. Scenarios: 1. High inflation scenario 2. Incentive and investment scenario 3. Social democracy scenario

Description: New chairperson’s column discussing his goals for the Product Development Section.

Description: This article discusses a new procedure for correcting inadvertent failures to satisfy the diversification requirements applicable to variable annuity and life insurance contracts under section 817h of the Internal Revenue Code.

Description: Discusses manufacturing arrangements between insurers. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: Discusses PLR 201105012, the investor control doctrine, and how the IRS concluded that shares of a Lifecycle Fund, available only through a life insurance company's separate account, still can be considered owned by the insurer and not the policyowner for federal income tax purposes even if it at least partly invests in shares of public funds.

Description: This discussion at as SOA 1968 Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies including expense analysis, new products, variable annuities, interim financial statements, and taxes.

Description: The Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses is currently seeking life insurance company data submissions to the 2012 Individual Life and Annuity Expense Study.

Description: Discuss population mortality improvement trends in the U.S. This will include analysis of cause of death data and trends in mortality pre-pandemic and during the pandemic. We will also discuss ways to think about translating population mortality improvement to an insured population.Learning outcomes includea better understanding of the drivers of recent mortality improvement and insights on how to create a company view on mortality improvement.