Description: The presenters will explore the current state of the North American mortality baseline and long-term improvement assumptions and determine what we can learn from the UK's approach. They will share research done by the Society of Actuaries and other organizations to describe how to build a better model, plus show the impact socio-economics and other factors have on longevity expectations. The presenters will offer suggestions for how U.S. and Canadian pension plan and insurance actuaries--and the industry itself--can best use this research to develop a better model for the risk management of pension plans and group annuities

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting reviews recent U.S. regulatory and tax developments, U.S. product taxation issues including corporate-owned life insurance COLI and certificate of deposit CD annuities and a summary of recent Canadian income tax developments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

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 session at the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses issues related to variable and fixed deferred annuity modeling.

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.

Description: Table of contents for the Annual Meeting October 1985.

Description: Table of contents for the Spring Meeting in May 1986.

Description: Table of contents for presentations at the October 1986 Annual Meeting.

Description: Table of contents ror presentations at the May 1985 Spring Meeting.

Description: This is the table of contents for the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium.