Description: Panelists [1] provide a market update on variable universal life [VUL] and single-premium variable life insurance [SPVLI], and also discuss: [2] new variable-product designs and features, [3] reserves being held for back-loaded variable products, [4] fixed-rate and real-estate investment options, and [5] guaranteed minimum death benefits [GMDBs] under SPVLI policies and single-premium variable annuities, including reserve issues for GMDBs. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Panel discussion gives the latest update on: Single Premium Whole Life, Single Premium Variable Life, Variable Universal Life, and Annuities. Includes current industry sales figures and distributions of variable-account assets for these products. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. Discusses background, product design, NAIC model regulations, New York legislation and regulations, investment considerations, financial reporting, and provides a Canadian overview of MVA products.

Description: Economics professor discusses the economics of fair and unfair discrimination in insurance. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting look at the product development process with a focus on improving the success rate for new products and process improvement strategies.

Description: This is a discussion about new product developments, supplementary benefits - Accidental Death, Guaranteed Insurability and automatic inclusion of supplementary benefits rather than optional, product expense trends, considerations in setting commissions for policies with different characteristics, and analyzing and entering new markets.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses the status of the second phase of the AAA C-3 Risk project. This project is leading to an updated NAIC filing requirement and is a step toward fair value. The specific focus is on equity risk and bond funds in the distribution tails. Products covered include variable life and annuities.

Description: The question of sex discrimination in employee pension plans in life insurance programs is only part of the more general issue of risk classification. Challenges to the old ways of classifying risks are not limited to pensions or to life insurance. It also impacts auto insurance, health insurance, and all other areas. However, for this discussion we will concentrate on sex discrimination in pension and retirement plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1979, Volume 5, No. 1.

Description: The SOA recently launched the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program with the release of a new study on the economic impact of opioid abuse. In this session, results of this study will be presented along with insights and plans for the future of the Program.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on dividends and non-guaranteed elements in individual life insurance and annuities.