Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Charts to be attached to the session on 'Minimum Guaranteed Benefits on Variable Annuities'.

Description: From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Panel discussion overview of current risk-based capital RBC requirements of life insurers, as well as insight into topical issues and potential changes to RBC. Items covered include: • Recap of RBC law and RBC calculation rules • Tax impact on the factors • Common stock issue • C-3 testing • Proposed C-3 testing for Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefits VAGLB • Liquidity risk issue

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 9PD, from the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. A panel of reinsurance experts presents the benefits of reinsurance and how to leverage these benefits during the product development process. With respect to life insurance products, the discussion covers how reinsurers can help with pricing, product design, underwriting, and administration. The panelists also address annuities and international issues. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The focus from the panelists is on emerging trends and issues as they relate to the current market environment, discussing new products on the horizon, including market-value adjusted products, income products, and variable products, the importance of due diligence, and in-force annuity management. The panelists emphasize the importance of the public’s perception of and confidence in the insurance industry. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Panelists use recent transactions and examples to demonstrate various operational, financial reporting and strategic aspects of insurance company mergers.

Description: From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Teaching session covering the development of realistic liability models for use in asset adequacy analysis, asset/liability management, pricing/repricing, financial reporting or other corporate purposes. The primary focus is modeling issues for variable product features, such as minimum living or death benefit guarantees on both variable life and annuities, annuity death benefit enhancements, and variable immediate annuities. Topics include: • Analysis of the special risks posed by these products • Selecting realistic dynamic assumptions • Techniques used in modeling these products • Scenario testing and result presentation to best communicate risks

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists discuss the design and pricing of immediate annuities, as well as related topics including reserving issues, asset strategies, asset/liability matching, reinsurance considerations, and NAIC Actuarial Guidelines IX-A and IX-B. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the insuring of the aging population in respect to assessment of the health of the insured and resulting mortality costs.

Description: This session discusses what is happening outside of CDHP with respect to plan & benefit trends/designs, underwriting & operational issues, and executive management report packages [dashboard reports]. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 77

Description: This is a discussion from the June 2000 meeting of the Society of Actuaries in San Diego, looking at the evolution of e-commerce for the insurance business.