Description: In light of the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom, this panel at the 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium addresses legislative and regulatory activity, potential implications for the regulation of professions in the United States, and implications for valuation actuaries.

Description: Panelists discuss impact of the MMA on Medicare Supplement policies, on Medicare Part D, on Medicare Advantage policies, and on employers. Session 16PD of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Speaker works through a detailed example of GAAP analysis and reporting for a universal life product. Session 40TS of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Panelists discuss consumer-directed health plans [CDHPs], describing: [1] plan design, how they work, and pricing considerations, [2] various reserving issues, and [3] the current and future marketplace for the products. Session 43PD of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session will describe the theoretical and practical aspects of several tools currently being used by a growing number of companies to assist in strategic re-positioning as financial supermarkets.

Description: Session from a 1992 meeting of the Society of Actuaries . Representatives of the IRS addressed current IRS regulation issues with respect to qualified pension plans, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This discussion presents an introduction to Monte Carlo and why it is used for integration and valuation of complex formulas. Moreover, results using low-discrepancy sequences instead of the Monte Carlo simulation for pension fund analysis is shared.

Description: This presentation reviews employers' accounting for pension plans in light of the new proposed standards. The Plan sponsors', actuaries and FASB perspectives are shared. Additionally, the plan design and funding implications of the new standard are presented. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: This paper includes three discussions. The first is about permanent type insurance used as a substitute for group term insurance. The second discussion is about long-term disability experience, offsets and underwriting. The third discussion is about medical care expense insurance including experience, trends, impact of Medicare and COB. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 56

Description: This session discussion is about the retiree health and life insurance plan design, retiree cost sharing arrangements, cost containment alternatives, trend considerations, funding assumptions for self-insured arrangements, single premium insurance pricing considerations and FASB draft update. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.