Description: In this article, the author reflects on the discipline process used by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and offers suggestions for improvement.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on recommended guidelines and practices for determining dividends and illustrations for individual life insurance products, focused on the SOA's Committee on Dividend Philosophy's proposed recommendations. The differences between mutual company and stock company views are explored.

Description: This article reviews some of the highlights of th 2010 SOA Annual meeting including the impact on pricing resulting from Solvency II, Market Consistent Valuation of New Business - MCVNB, the latest on mortality, Standards of Practice in product development, managing risk in product design and a regulation update.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA New York Meeting covers future trends in the regulation of life insurance company valuation with an accompanying discussion note, the responsibility of the valuation actuary, the actuarial opinon and the SOA and AAA support of the valuation actuary. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 3

Description: The August/September 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: The June/July 2014 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This session 29IF of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting discusses how we might better proceed in responding to ongoing items of interest. Furthermore, the workings of the Pension Committee are addressed and discussed along with new standards, partly driven by current governmental activity. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1.

Description: This presentation is an Interactive Forum, session number 20IF, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists discuss the American Academy’s Valuation Task Force and its committees working on the proposal to revise the Standard Valuation Law, referred to as the Unified Valuation Law [UVL], to update participants as to the status of the committees’ work. They provide a description of the activities currently taking place, and an update of where the revisions process stands and what the next steps are. The current system versus what is proposed are discussed, including concerns of regulators. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: From the Valuation Actuary Symposium Proceedings January 1986 Discussion of the development of the valuation actuary concept, various aspects of current regulation, and major features of the valuation actuary concept. Also discussion of the nature of professional liability and the specific legal liability of the valuation actuary. Finally an overview of some methods of limiting that liability.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting focuses on Standards of Practice SOP topics that are breaking at the time of the meeting including ASP 4 - pension standards, health standards, and the sales illustration standard. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.