Description: This article discusses a recently completed RGA in-depth study that looked at assumptions and experience for lapses and mortality at the end of the level premium period for level term business.

Description: This session discussion is about term insurance developments, product design trends, AIDS considerations, reinsurer's support or lack thereof, recent statutory developments and nontraditional term products. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses reversion rates and mortality on non-reverted lives, mortality experience versus mortality tables, select and ultimate term insurance products and the developing experience for term insurance.

Description: 1999 SOA Regional Meeting, Atlanta. In this XXX update panelist discuss: 1. History of XXX. 2. Developments and the impact of changes on the original XXX. 3. Impact of changes on the pricing actuary. 4. A regulatory perspective from a regulator.

Description: This research project studies the post level premium period lapse and mortality assumptions and experience for level premium term plans with a particular focus on the magnitude and impact of the “shock lapse” at the end of the level premium period.

Description: This article summarizes the key changes to VM-31 requirements in the 2020 version of the Valuation Manual for both life and variable annuities, and compares and contrasts the requirements for each. In addition, the article offers insights into common issues and recommendations for VM-31 reports from the viewpoints of a regulator, consultant, and company actuary.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses the developments with regard to reinsurance response to New York Regulation 147 and Guideline XXX. It covers the kinds of terms products sold today and the impact of Guideline XXX on those, a 10 year term product and the options of reinsurance that are available. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This article is aimed to cover the following: 1) Provides an assessment of income volatility under Long Duration Targeted Improvements (LDTI) for several key types of long duration contracts along with select illustrations, and compares against those under current GAAP, 2) Discuss areas where accounting policies or methodologies can influence income volatility, and 3) Show how a company's management reporting can be adapted to help explain income variances under LDTI.

Description: This paper is written as a sequel to that on Derivation of Premium Rates for Renewable Term Insurance. It is the purpose of this paper to present a method for deriving gross premiums for renewable term insurance of contemporary design, which are virtually independent of the rates of renewal. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: Survey of post level term lapse and mortality assumptions for level term premium plans.