Description: Reviews the book 'The Life Insurance Industry's Marketing Dilemma,' by Richard Johns about the transition of Variable Life Insurance 'VLI' from being a high-demand product to its current state of unpopularity. The book demonstrates that VLI can perform well over time, thus providing good consumer value.

Description: Article Editorial by Moorhead in The Actuary, February 1979, Volume 13, Number 2

Description: The Canadian Institute of Actuaries held a panel discussion on product innovation at its June 1981 meeting. This article consists of edited excerpts from a document that was distributed in advance to stimulate discussion, and some remarks on the discussion that took place. This article discusses some of the products developed in response to the current high and volatile interest rate environment, such as flexible premium policies annuities and insurance and adjustable single premium policies.

Description: The author offers a mathematical demonstration of why the premium will reduce when interest rates increase, all other things being equal.

Description: Column to address problems that arise in everyday work. This article discusses the problem of projecting loans on an in-force block of business.

Description: The book is an examination of the investment role played by life insurance companies prior to 1900. The reviewer concludes that it is an interesting and readable book on the early days of the business, and a worthwhile addition to the archives of insurance industry history.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 7. This article describes the state of the insurance market in Japan in 1988. While traditional permanent policies abound, a variable life product was introduced in 1986.

Description: This article describes how Long-Term Care riders attached to Life Insurance policies provide real insurance value at a reasonable cost and allow life insurance companies to compete on a basis other than cost.

Description: Discusses views and findings regarding the U.K.'s investment-linked, life assurance and regulations pertinent to issuers of such contracts.

Description: Outlines a generic business model for a life insurance company and concludes with thoughts on future trends and prospects.