Description: The Society's Task Force to Study Risk of Loss from Changes in the Interest Rate Environment C-3 Risk Task Force was formed in March 1981 with the charge to quantify C-3 risk. The Task Force made a preliminary report as part of a panel discussion on C-3 risk at the Society's October 1981 meeting in Atlanta. This presentation provides an update on the progress to date and its future plans.

Description: Panel discussion focused on the Effective Use of Capital. Topics included: 1. Definition of capital 2. Appropriate level of capital and surplus in a life insurance company 3. Alternatives for deploying capital 4. Returns a life company should demand on invested capital 5. How much a company should charge for lending its capital in reinsurance transactions

Description: Panel discussion focused on the Effective Use of Capital. Topics included: 1. Definition of capital 2. Appropriate level of capital and surplus in a life insurance company 3. Alternatives for deploying capital 4. Returns a life company should demand on invested capital 5. How much a company should charge for lending its capital in reinsurance transactions

Description: This session at the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium presents a framework for managing surplus based on the knowledge bases of the CFA designation and the SOA curriculum for the finance and investment specialty.

Description: This session discussion is about securization of assets such as premium streams, policy loans or future premium loadings. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 1, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Regional Meeting, held in Atlanta March 31-April 1. The presentation is an “interdisciplinary examination of techniques, considerations and methodology associated with evaluation of acquisitions, mergers and new ventures.” The presenters focus on the investment, legal, tax, accounting, and actuarial aspects of externally directed activities.

Description: In light of recent life insurance company insolvencies, this session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting looks at industry solvency issues. The question of whether or not there is a surplus crisis is debated.

Description: This is a discussion of the future of the life insurance business in the USA. Specifically, it discusses corporate structure, marketing strategies, distribution approaches, product design, mergers and acquisitions, federal income taxation and reinsurance.

Description: Discusses capital markets, bank loan financing, surplus relief reinsurance, and sound capital structures. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session 68OF, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The panelists, investment professionals and an actuary, discuss strategies that life insurance companies use for their capital account [surplus] assets. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.