Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting describes the expansion and consolidation of the U.S., Canadian and Mexican life insurance industries and the discusses the top players in the insurance industry in the world and their market share. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This 1990 panel discussion is about the IRC Section 412 minimum contribution requirements and the IRC Section 404 maximum deductible contributions. Also discussed is a comparison of these U.S. contribution regulations with those of Canada and other countries including Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland and the U.K. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4B.

Description: This discussion looks at the projection factors set forth in the Jenkins-Lew paper and the implications with respect to individual annuities, life income settlement options and group annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: This presentation was session number 32PD at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. This session provides an overview of recent and potential developments and future developments in statutory reserving for life insurance products. Topics include Regulation XXX, variable and equity-indexed universal life reserves, state variations, tax considerations, offshore reinsurance, unified valuation systems, American Academy of Actuaries Extended Maturity Option Work Group developments, Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum revisions, new Commissioners' Standard Ordinary mortality tables, and trends in valuation interest rates and the Applicable Federal Interest Rates. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: In this session 14 PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting, the panel, including a member of the SOA Life Experience Committee, provides an update of the work currently being carried out by the SOA, contributions to SOA studies, and the development of the New Valuation Basic Mortality Table. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3.

Description: This presentation included discussions on AAA Medicare Reform Task Force, the 2000 Medicare Technical Advisory Panel's review of HCFA's Medicare projections, and prescription drug coverage. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 7

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session analyzes the factors that influence the mortality differences between countries and between population and insured-lives mortality.

Description: In session 83D of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss the option of using mortality improvements in pricing of life insurance products as an Actuarial Standard of Practice ASOP. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss the evolution of U.S. pension benefits, funding, and payment conditions from 1940 to the present. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: In session 138 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the possibility of a single premium immediate annuity that offers liquidity options. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.