Description: The NALC has been working with their members and the members of the Small Policy Consortium. The Consortium members met with regulators to discuss the NALC's concerns with the activities of the NAIC in connection with small life insurance policies. This article outlines those concerns.

Description: This article describes the sessions being sponsored by the Smaller Insurance Company Section at the upcoming annual meeting.

Description: This article calls to attention the more modest needs of smaller companies contained in the PBA Implementation Guide.

Description: This article discusses the Society of Actuaries' Professional Development Committee and how it can be useful to an actuaries' professional development.

Description: Two valuation proposals have occupied the regulatory agenda this year—the ACLI Interim Proposal and SVL II or the Principles Based Approach PBA to reserving. This article summarizes the ACLI Interim Proposal to the current Standard Valuation Law which allows a new preferred mortality table to be used and changes Actuarial Guideline 38 to allow lapse.

Description: Development of relevant industry mortality experience for different market segments. Details about the 2017 CSGI Mortality Table for guaranteed issue products.

Description: Discussing how examinations of asset adequacy analysis, AAA, and risk-based capital, RBC, by state insurance department examiners can go much more smoothly with good preparation and documentation of both assumptions and derivation of assumptions.