Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This individual annuity product update focused on a market overview, SEC developments, market value adjusted annuities, and the marketing of annuities through financial institutions.

Description: This 1979 session focused on group life topics. Topics included: 1. NAIC Model Group Life Insurance Law 2. Mass Marketing 3. Waiver of Premium/Extended Death Benefit 4. Financial Aspects a. Profitability b. Reserves e. Persistency/Mortality

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Pros and cons of demutualizing, legal and regulatory perspective, current demutualization developments, actuarial considerations of how much, in what proportions, and to whom, structuring the demutualization, and implications of a public offering.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This panel of appointed actuaries shared their perspectives and practical experiences in fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of the appointed actuary with the goal of providing a better understanding of the duties and responsibilities of the appointed actuary, supporting actuaries and staff.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discussion includes: case history of Inter-State Assurance Company, case history of Unionmutual Life, Society of Actuaries Task Force on Mutual Life Insurance Company Conversion, Demutualization legislation Proposed in New York.

Description: This 1978 session focused on individual life product development. Topics included: 1. Policy loan rate considerations 2. Federal Income Tax considerations 3. Inflation recognition 4. Determining interest rate for nonforfeiture values and reserves 5. Reserve valuation method impact 6. Innovation in asset share techniques 7. State approvals and disapprovals 8. Disclosure 9. New products - Term insurance plus deposit funds, Contingent Life, Joint Life, Pension Trust, etc.

Description: This 1978 panel discussion is about personal casualty lines on a group basis. It focused on: 1. The traditional approaches of group life and health versus individual policies for fire and casualty 2. Problems in product design and underwriting, and 3. The impact of federal income tax laws. 4. Regulatory constraints. The discussions were primarily on personal automobile insurance.

Description: This 1978 panel discussion was on new actuarial standards for in Canada. Topics covered included: 1. The flexibility afforded the Canadian Valuation Actuary under the new Insurance Acts. 2. A comparison to the current GAAP and statutory reporting requirements in the U.S. and to the reporting requirements in the United Kingdom.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Demutualization process overview, Considerations, Current developments - Society of Actuaries committee New York legislation, Accounting for the demutualized company, How investment analysts will view the demutualized company.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This panel discussion provided an overview of the current risk-based capital RBC requirements for life insurers as well as insight into topical issues and potential changes to RBC. Discussion topics included: 1. Recap of RBC law and RBC calculation rules. 2. Modeling potential impact of alternative actions. 3. The tax impact of the factors. 4. Stochastic capital requirements for variable products. 5. The role of reinsurance and offshore solutions.