Description: This is a discussion of the paper, A Present Value Approach to Profit Margins and Dividends by Harwood Rosser. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This paper discusses future projections of operations for both new and existing companies. The author proposes and discusses 3 basic methods - model office, analysis of operations and an 'overall method. The model office, being the most detailed, delves into how to approach each major item in the summary of operations.

Description: This paper describes the application of source of earnings 'SOE' analysis methodology to the reported pre-tax GAAP income of universal life and other interest-sensitive life and annuity products.

Description: The purposes of this paper were to help determine the level of adequacy of the 1964 Commissioners Disability Table as a basis for reserving disabled lives, and to provide individual insurers with information that might aid them in their deliberations concerning reserve adequacy and reserve table modifications. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: In this paper, the authors develop a reserve method for future guaranteed life income payments under the settlement options within a life insurance policy. An approach for entering this information in the statutory statement is presented.

Description: This paper will use a sample example to examine the relationship between the pricing objective of ROI and the corporate profit measure of ROE. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: Covers the experience between policy anniversaries in 1973 - 1978 in the first twenty-five policy years after issue i.e., 1949 - 1977. For issues of 1974 and later the classification 'large amount' refers to policies of $100,000 or more prior to 1974 the classification includes policies of $50,000 or more.

Description: This paper investigates how the concepts of asset-liability matching can be used to shape investment strategy. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: Excess ratio refers to the calculation of expected losses in excess of some stated limit. This paper suggests methods for calculating excess ratios in the practical situation without the laborious calculations which the techniques of Dr. Kahn's paper, 'An Introduction to Collective Risk Theory and Its Application to Stop Loss Reinsurance,' would seem to require, and as an alternative to the Monte Carlo simulation technique which would also seem to be impractical to use on a case by case basis in experience rating.

Description: This 1972 report covers intercompany mortality experience on life income settlements arising out of death claims, life income settlements arising out of maturities or cash surrenders, and matured deferred annuity contracts.