Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session presents a line-by-line discussion of the re-designed 1995 Schedule B, including a brief discussion of issues related to new pension funding rules and preparation of attachments.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. In this discussion, representatives from DI companies discuss their philosophies, new products, acceptance in the marketplace and future plans.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Panelists discuss two of the measurements actuaries are using to evaluate direct response products: customer lifetime value and embedded values.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Year 2000 and Beyond: Society of Actuaries New Course: Applied Modeling Demonstration Charts 5 & 6 from that presentation

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: [1] provide an overview of embedded value [EV] and appropriate assumptions, and a comparison with fair value [FV], [2] discuss the various stages of management usage of EV, and [3] review a company's recent actual use of EV across products and for the purpose of determining optimal product mix. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 91PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: Discusses the types of risks that are considered derivatives, the pricing of a derivative, how to manage derivative risks once they are on your books, and some specific examples of how companies are managing them. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 93PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This meeting session from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on allocation of assets and investment income. The discussions included: implications of allocating specific assets to particular lines of business, introduction and management of specific allocation procedures, and the principal allocation methods.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses: Futures, Options, Floating rate securities, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Leased equipment, Joint ventures, Stripped securities, Zero coupon bonds, Mortgage pools, Sales - leasebacks.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about techniques companies are using to maintain compatibility between investment practices and pricing assumptions for interest-sensitive products: Segregated assets, Use of options/futures, Asset/liability matching, Market value adjustments.