Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. In this discussion, panelists looked at the economic cost of guarantees in VA products and explored some of the methods, concentrating on hedging, that companies are using to manage their exposures.

Description: This panel discussion looks at new pricing techniques including the use of risk theory, pricing for the entire rate book, and the handling of overhead expenses. There is also a discussion of setting assumptions and the sources of data for assumptions.

Description: Table of contents ror presentations at the May 1985 Spring Meeting.

Description: 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium table of contents.

Description: This is the table of contents for the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: This session at the 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium is about the new 2001 CSO mortality table. Focus is on reserving implications, comparisons to 1980 CSO, Regulation XXX, IRC section 7702 implications, tax reserves and implementation.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. This session provided an update of topics relating to individual annuity products. Subjects covered included: 1. The marketing and design of variable annuities, fixed interest rate annuities and market-value adjusted annuities. 2. Immediate annuities with participation and liquidity features.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This session provided an overview of current statutory valuation issues pertaining to life and annuity products. Topics included: 1. Actuarial opinion and memorandum regulation amendments. 2. Progress on variable products reserving standards. 3. Regulation XXX mortality factors. 4. Adoption of the 2001 CSO. 5. Progress on the C-3 Phase II RBC project. 6. An update on annuity and life nonforfeiture.

Description: Table of contents for presentations at Spring Meeting on June 12-13, 1986.

Description: Discusses good sources of mortality data and possible distortions in the data.