Description: Update on the potential impact of national health law legislation, and discussion of the influence of inflation on both the relation between actual and expected claims, and the design of new benefits and administrative procedures. This presentation was made at the 1975 SOA Los Angeles Spring Meeting.

Description: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Questions asked and answered included: 1. What do regulators expect or want as far as asset adequacy analysis for shorter-term liabilities such as IBNR? 2. What responsibility does the appointed actuary have in verifying reserves for reinsured business? 3. If the assets for the market value adjusted annuity are held in a separate account and valued at market, what rates should be used to present value the projected guaranteed benefits? 4. May a company perform the cash-flow testing based on the low level of reserves held in the domiciliary state rather than the higher reserve actually held in the state with the special state in filing? 5. Have there been any situations where an opining valuation actuary has been held personally responsible?

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. In this panel discussion of the evaluation of the adequacy of capital, the speakers addressed the NAIC risk-based capital proposal, rating agency techniques, and valuation actuary views.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses the problems and possible solutions arising from the matching or mismatching of assets and liabilities, including valuation and regulatory implications, in a Canadian and U.S. context. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This paper explores the legislation of New York 65, the intent of which was to offer health benefits to persons age 65 and over without health examination or other evidence of insurability. From TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES, 1962 VOL. 14, PT. 1 NO. 40.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This 1992 session on the Statutory Valuation Opinion covered the following topics: 1. Regulatory issues and the amendments to the standard valuation law. 2. Practical considerations, such as accumulating data, setting assumptions and creating models. 3. Issues and considerations involved in cash-flow testing.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting reviews recent U.S. regulatory and tax developments, U.S. product taxation issues including corporate-owned life insurance COLI and certificate of deposit CD annuities and a summary of recent Canadian income tax developments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This 1979 session is about current developments in Life products. Products discussed: 1. Adjustable life 2. Universal life 3. Indexed coverages 4. Term Insurance plus accumulation fund 5. Level Premium Term to 100 6. Revertible Term

Description: This 1978 session focused on Individual Life Products in the Employee Market. Topics included: 1. What is the current status of the Section 79 market. 2. The Retired Life Reserve concept. 3. Trends in Deferred Compensation products. 4. Recent activity in the Key Person and Split Dollar markets.

Description: This 1978 panel discussion is about personal casualty lines on a group basis. It focused on: 1. The traditional approaches of group life and health versus individual policies for fire and casualty 2. Problems in product design and underwriting, and 3. The impact of federal income tax laws. 4. Regulatory constraints. The discussions were primarily on personal automobile insurance.