Description: 1988 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this session, the presenter offered her opinion that, while time consuming and burdensome, the results obtained from testing associated with Regulation 126 are worthwhile.

Description: This article is about junk assets. Insurance companies own over one third of the junk assets in the U.S. which has raised concerns and caused certain states to enact laws or regulations regarding junk investments.

Description: This article provides a summary of selected sessions of the October 2010 NAIC meeting.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at proposed and potential tax law changes for insurance companies including 'DAC Tax', stock versus mutual company differences, corporate owned life insurance, and taxing inside build up.

Description: This session discussion: Product design, Risks and how to deal with them, Special features, Valuation considerations, Investment strategy, Regulatory developments.

Description: The purpose of this reports is to define topics and provide information on techniques currently available in support of the development of dynamic solvency testing, DST. The paper covers topics of the time frame for analysis, scenario interpretations, credibility, confidence standards and reliance guidance.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session discussion is about cash-flow testing as a management tool. Topics covered included: 1. Was the year-end process useful or a necessary evil? 2. How realistic were the assumptions used? 3. How much was pure guesswork? 4. What were the lessons learned from the exercise?

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. The new SVL has expanded the scope and responsibilities of the valuation actuary. Topics covered: • Risk of legal liability for actuaries? • Vagueness of actuarial standards related to adequacy testing? • Reliance on other company experts? • Consultants versus company actuary perspectives? • The science versus the art of the process?

Description: Full version of Product Matters! June 2007, Issue No. 68.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers an update on the current status of the proposed new standard non-forfeiture law for life insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.