Description: Article from The Actuary September 1992 – Volume 26, No. 7 is about the growth in life insurance from 1970 -1990 as compared to the general economic growth.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session addresses potential changes in life insurance and annuity markets under alternative tax systems, that is, value-added tax 'VAT' or consumption taxes, and flat taxes and the impact of those changes.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the reasons for employer sponsored life insurance, the special distribution system requirements, the critical administrative considerations and the products which serve the market most effectively. There is a brief discussion on how unisex rates - the Norris decision - will affect the products offered.

Description: Author highlights historical nonforfeiture and federal tax law changes, as they have impacted life product designs, in prognosticating about future product designs.

Description: To most observers, the value of a life insurance contract is the cash surrender value. However, when it comes to life insurance and the Internal Revenue Code, things are seldom as simple as they appear on the surface.

Description: Panelists at the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium discuss the issues regarding the 2001 CSO table including current approval status, tax reserves, IRC section 7702 and implementation issues.