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

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses the implications of UNISEX legislation and the Norris Decision, the impact of the proposed tax law, variable products and Large Amount Term Insurance persistency and mortality. Record of Society of Actuaries Vol.9, No. 4

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting presents viewpoints from actuaries, marketers and regulators on proposed regulation of policy illustration and nonforfeiture requirements. The forum examines the proposed Actuarial Standards Board ASB Standard for Sales Illustrations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session is about joint ventures and private labeling for life, annuity and disability products. In a primary variation of private labeling, a manufacturer develops, underwrites, administers, and does the actuarial functions, but the client company markets the product. Other variations of joint ventures have different distributions of duties.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on effective product management of life insurance. Areas addressed include definition of effective product management, internal organization required, establishment of objectives for a product line, coordination of company activities with respect to initial design, and monitoring.

Description: This is a discussion of the current topics in Canadian insurance. Specifically, it discusses product development, financial considerations, management of existing business, and outlook for field force.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented information on the implementation of the 1980 amendments to the Standard Valuation Law. Topics included:1. Status of Enactment, 2. Guidelines For Interpretation, 3. Model Regulations including indeterminate premium plans, indexed plans and universal life., and 4. Computer Specifications for reserves and nonforfeiture values using the 1980 CSO Tables. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 8, No. 4.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Single premium deferred annuity, Flexible premium annuity, Universal life, Vanishing premium life, Indexed products, Variable products, Reinsurance.