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  • Antifragile Product Design
    is to be good enough on average. This year, mortality may be 1 percent higher than expected, resulting ... resulting in X million in losses. Next year, mortality may be 2 percent lower than expected, resulting in ...

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    • Authors: Wendy Yu
    • Date: Feb 2013
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • Do You Have a Combo Product With a Secondary Guarantee? If so, Get Ready for PBR
    Possible E« ects of Negative Interest Rates on the U.S. Life Insurance Industry By Richard de Haan and ... years after the great financial crisis of 2008, U.S. treasury rates remain at multi-generational lows ...

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    • Authors: Kevin Healy, Benjamin Slutsker
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance
  • SOA Assumption Development and Governance Discussion Second Quarter 2013 Calls
    success with predictive modeling around variable annuity living benefit behavior and anticipates using ... frequently mentioned topic was governance. Larger U.S. companies and international companies have had ...

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    • Authors: Elizabeth Olson
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
  • Comments from the Chair - Continuity and Change
    Comments from the Chair - Continuity and Change Comments from the Chair - Continuity and Change ... Abraham S. Gootzeit Product Matters! The newsletter of the Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Product ...

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    • Authors: Abraham Gootzeit
    • Date: Nov 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • The Fundamental Trends Reshaping Life Insurance
    example, Taikang Life has created an innovative annuity that provides retirees with an apartment for life ... PRODUCT MATTERS! Metropolitan Life, the largest U.S. insurer, is pursuing the mass market by offering ...

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    • Authors: Bartlomiej Maciaga, Achim Schwetlick, Alpesh Shah
    • Date: Jul 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Product development - Annuities; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance
  • Why the Future Won't Be Like the Past
    commentary on the SOA’s Report on the Lapse and Mortality Experience of Post-Level Premium Period Term ... been the predomi- nant form since the early 1980’s. The biggest problem for term insurance in those ...
    • Date: Jun 2014
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
  • Nested Stochastic Pricing: The Time Has Come
    changes in interest rates, policyholder behavior, mortality deteriora- tion and/or expense changes. In the ... alphabet soup of GMxBs now offered on variable annuity contracts. Second, technological advancements ...

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    • Authors: Craig Reynolds, Sai Man
    • Date: Jun 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • SPIA Interest Rates in VM- 22 for Stat Reserves
    and the resulting new methodology is shown in Table 1. The current valuation rates use Moody’s Long- ... Testing (AAT) reserves. The new methodology uses U.S. Treasuries plus VM- 20 credit spreads and expected ...

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    • Authors: Paul Hance, Heather Gordon
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Product development - Annuities
  • Pitfalls in Equity-Indexed Products
    tory wrinkles and, in general, more con- appropriate S&P 500 Index hedging in- November 1997 issue of small ... Insurance Company Section with equity-indexed life and annuity prod- the present value of profit is what is left ...

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    • Authors: Anson Glacy
    • Date: Mar 1998
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities
  • Helping To Take The “Ill” Out Of Illustration Certifications—Using The Update To The Illustration Practice Notes
    Illustration Practice Notes By Donna Megregian sections A-S alphabetically), ranging from experience assumptions ... assumptions have not materialized as expected (i.e., mortality, interest, lapses, etc.), it may be prudent to ...

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    • Authors: Donna Christine Megregian
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Public Policy