Description: This panel at the SOA 1991 Atlanta Annual Meeting discusses equity between and among policyholders from the viewpoint of both mutual and stock companies. A variety of issues are explored in terms of how to maintain equity, including dividends, adjustable premium and/or benefit products, replacements and 'update' programs.

Description: Full version of Risk Management, March 2006, Issue No. 7.

Description: This presentation is a Teaching Session, number 6TS, from the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 14-15 in Washington, DC. Late in 1999, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners [NAIC] adopted Codification of Statutory Accounting Principles. With a targeted uniform compliance date of January 1, 2001, insurers need to focus their attention on the implementation impacts associated with codification. The instructors provide a brief introduction to codification, and discuss the impacts that codification might have on life insurance companies, including: changes in accounting treatment and their impact on surplus and risk-based capital required changes in operational policies and procedures and changes in the annual and quarterly statement reporting process. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: At this session 138OF of the New York Annual Meeting panelists provide a brief history of the unified valuation system concept, including objectives, and discuss intended users of the output from the system. A progress report on the proposed valuation law is also presented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis is analysis and sensitivity testing and stress testing. Stated another way it is measuring the ability of a company to support future operations. The panelists provided an update on recent Society research that has been done and examples in practice.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists present the history and current status of the mandatory securities valuation reserve, ‘MSVR,’, discuss the work of the Ward Committee, established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to review and recommend changes to the MSVR, and discuss the regulatory viewpoint, including solvency, risk-based capital, Regulation 126, and the AVR or asset valuation reserve. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 19–20, 2002 Panelists discuss the embedded value process, including discount rate, uses for embedded value reporting and implementation issues. Also included a discussion of fair value accounting methodology.

Description: This paper discusses a brief history of policy loans, a description of the problems being experienced by companies and possible solutions. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. This session covers NAIC 2001 changes to RBC requirements, the impact they have had on regulators, the rating agency reaction and proposed changes for 2002.

Description: This session discussion is about AMT, alternate minimum taxable income, issues and legislative proposals. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.