Description: This presentation, session number 55PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelist look at a variety of capital market structures used to replace maturing guaranteed investment, ‘GIC,’ contract liabilities from accounting, regulatory, rating agency, and investor viewpoints. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: Panelists discuss recent developments in: Guaranteed Investment Contract [GIC] products, annuities for terminations of pension plans [terminal funding], settlement of obligations under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 88 [FAS 88], and separate accounts and portfolio insurance. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: The article is a summary of Society of Actuaries report entitled “Annuity Market Pricing Approaches” sponsored by the Retirement Section Research Committee. The report examines the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) methodology of developing solvency valuation assumptions, compares it to methods used in the U.S., and considers if it could be used in other markets, such as U.S. group annuities or individual annuities

Description: This session looks at a number of other structures that can be used to package more exotic investments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 44PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: This paper concludes that there are two index rates that could best replace the 30-year Treasury in the calculation of the Current Liability of a pension plan - either the 30 year swap rate or the benchmark 30-year FNMA bond.

Description: This article provides an update on the development of model regulations for synthetic GICs and guaranteed separate account products.

Description: This paper is a practical guide to the terminal funding annuity product. Actuarial considerations, investment strategies, administration, and marketing aspects are discussed.

Description: The article is a summary of Session 9PD at the Society of Actuaries annual meeting in New Orleans in October 2001. Terminal funding the purchase of annuities by pension plans usually at plan termination and stable value GIC's became major product lines in the 1980's. This article describes the changes in the those products, the markets and regulatory environment.

Description: This session discusses how floating rate funding agreements, which have put options or short maturities, became an important product for many insurers in the 1990s. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 29PD.

Description: This report compares the CIA pricing method for estimating group annuity closeout pricing to methods used in the US.