Description: The NAIC is expected to adopt the model regulation for the 2001 CSO table in late 2002. The question then becomes: how quickly will states adopt the table? In the absence of a push by the insurance industry, there is a chance that there may not be 26 state adoptions in 2003.

Description: The Revenue Act of 1987 amended section 807d2B of the Internal Revenue Code. It established the interest rate used in the calculation of tax reserves to be the greater of the applicable federal interest rate or the prevailing maximum statutory valuation rate for the contract’s calendar year of issue. The amendment is effective for contracts issued in tax years beginning after December 31, 1987. This document shows all the applicable federal interest rates from 1998 - 2009.

Description: Haven’t we all been watching for the next big financing transaction and wondering whether it will be done by a reinsurer or an insurer? Also will it support XXX reserve redundancies or will the market have finally “cracked the code” for the financing of AXXX reserves?

Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session is about life and annuity valuation issues, particularly Standard Nonforfeiture Law, XXX, the Annuity Valuation Task Force activities, and separate accounts.