Description: This panel discussion focuses on valuation and nonforfeiture developments. Topics covered include purpose of Society's Committee on Valuation and Related Problems, current valuation regulatory developments, industry studies in the United States, report of the Society's Special Committee on Nonforfeiture Laws, annuity nonforfeiture values, and sex-distinct mortality tables for valuation and nonforfeiture purposes.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Regional Meeting looks at issues surrounding reserves for structured settlement and similar annuities including interest rates, cash flow testing, NAIC guidelines, mortality assumptions, and GAAP considerations.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about new reserving guidelines for structured settlement annuities.

Description: A comprehensive look at Actuarial Guideline 43 VA CARVM. This article examines the statutory and tax implications of AG 43 for the determination of reserves for annuity writers.

Description: This session 29PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting describes the stochastic modeling framework developed by Canada for valuation and the practical issues encountered in its implementation. An update on developments in the valuation of similar features in the U.S. is also provided to allow a comparison of the approaches being taken in the two countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 29PD

Description: This article provides the reader with some insights regarding tax planning under the new required methodology.

Description: This article develops an approximate method for computing the death benefit portion of an annuity reserve for annuities, such as cash refund annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20, Pt. 1, No. 56.

Description: This session will cover assumption determination for annuities under VM-21 with emphasis on contract holder behavior assumptions, prudent estimate mortality assumptions and measuring credibility.

Description: This paper discusses some of the main principles of classical life contingencies generalized and formulated in the language of probability theory and develops generalized and exponential reserves. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol. 28.

Description: Panelists discuss: [1] the tax implication of NAIC changes to reserving requirements, [2] the new NAIC Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation [Reg. XXX], [3] Actuarial Guideline 33 [AG 33], [4] AG 34, and [5] highlights of an actual IRS audit involving these NAIC actuarial guidelines and regulations. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.