Description: Discusses the evolution of the Valuation Actuaries Symposium since the 1980s.

Description: Real estate practitioners are increasingly using “economic location,” rather than “geographic location,” as their primary analytic tool. That trend has gained substantial support among academics and practitioners who believe “economic location” is a more effective basis on which to build the analysis of risk in real estate portfolios.

Description: Discusses the market, demographic, and macroeconomic factors that affect actuaries' choices for the assumptions they use in the pricing and valuation of many insurance products.

Description: The Investment Section will sponsor a seminar on Managing Investment Risk and Returns April 17-18, 1989, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. The seminar will focus on practical techniques for managing investment risk and enhancing returns for a broad array of both interest-sensitive and portfolio products.

Description: This article will cover the background, objectives, investment strategy, fee structure, and results to date of an investment management account dedicated to convertible securities for a major insurance company’s general account. This account was established in March 1986 and funded in 10 equal monthly installments throughout the remainder of the year.

Description: In this article, the author provides an extension to 1978 of his Index of Common Stock Values that appeared in the Transactions of Society of Actuaries, XXII, 197. He has also calculated the Compound Annual Growth Rates of Average Common Stock Values for the entire 107-year period.

Description: Article from The Actuary, January 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 1 uses examples to measure the effect of reinvesting funds at a rate different from that at which the investment is made based on the rapidly changing interest rates.

Description: This article gives details of the demutualization process of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, highlighting the decision process, actuarial issues and regulatory challenges.

Description: Mergers and acquisitions 'M&A' are major forces driving change in the life insurance industry. This editorial discusses how the articles in this newsletter address the M&A phenomenon.

Description: This article discusses that over the past five years, an increasing number of actuaries have become concerned with the asset side of the balance sheet.