Description: On Dec. 29, 1973 President Nixon signed into law the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, which authorizes $375 million to be used by the DHEW to stimulate the establishment and development of HMO's over the next five years. This article describes the status of the regulations and the development of additional HMO's.

Description: Author identifies the issues, especially as they relate to smaller insurers, and then lists some provisions of current pending federal legislation.

Description: The article discusses the proposed revisions to the AOMR Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum and how it will affect insurance companies.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on valuation and nonforfeiture developments. Topics covered include purpose of Society's Committee on Valuation and Related Problems, current valuation regulatory developments, industry studies in the United States, report of the Society's Special Committee on Nonforfeiture Laws, annuity nonforfeiture values, and sex-distinct mortality tables for valuation and nonforfeiture purposes.

Description: A review of Actuarial Guideline AXXX

Description: In light of the recent activity around the International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS, this article describes events that have happened in the past month or are imminent.

Description: This article discusses regulatory proposals and developments at both the state and federal level that call for small insurer vigilance.

Description: Highlights of recent American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) activities

Description: Manufacturers Life on January 1, 1981 unilaterally raised the death benefits on its non-participating permanent life policies issued before 1965 in North America. This article describes why and how this process was accomplished.

Description: This article provides an update on the development of model regulations for synthetic GICs and guaranteed separate account products.