Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 Discussion of purposes and approaches for creating interest-rate scenarios.

Description: Panelists discuss managing RBC through product management and through asset allocation. RBC is discussed from the U.S. and Canadian perspectives. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Discusses the implications of the recent Tax Reform Act of 1986 [TRA] and proposed tax laws, and the effect of tax law on financial-performance measures, GAAP reporting, investment strategy, and even corporate structure. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting addresses the actuarial aspects of a purchase including the actuarial appraisal, GAAP reporting, statutory valuation, taxation aspects of completing a sale, and considerations in the purchase of a block of business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Panelists discuss the profitability of single-premium deferred annuities [SPDAs], variable annuities [VAs], and equity-indexed annuities [EIAs] over the last few years. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting provides an update on developments in the fixed, variable and market-value-adjusted annuity markets, including product trends such as compensation, bailouts, guaranties, return-of-premium benefit and roll-up benefit. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This session at the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting focuses on FAS 133, which defines accounting for derivatives, embedded options and hedging activities. Details of FAS 133 and implementation issues are discussed.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses current topics involving insurance companies, such as: Impact on product design, Allocation of capital and resources, Consolidation, Regulations, Company structure, Proposed or current legislative matters.

Description: Panelists discuss various features included in today's executive compensation plans, such as Rabbi trusts and supplemental executive retirement plans [SERPs]. Tax considerations also are discussed. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about modeling investments including the relationship to pricing, modeling techniques, scenario creation, and modeling of collaterized mortgage obligations [CMO].