Description: Discusses the recent developments with RBC requirements. At the forefront of the RBC changes is the stochastic exclusion test.

Description: This article addresses the expected impact that the 2001 CSO table will have on pricing and product structure for UL plans.

Description: The SOA Research Institute engaged Milliman to perform a study examining life insurer practices on accelerated underwriting and how COVID-19 has impacted them. This effort included a separate outreach to actuaries working for twelve different state insurance departments. At the time of this report, three responses to our regulatory survey had been received. Therefore, the results of the three-question survey are discussed in broad terms, rather than using numerical measurements.

Description: Feature article discussing the Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) recent exposure of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Valuation Manual.

Description: Article outlining the recent activity of the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force LATF VM-20 Subgroup activities and the Academy’s Life Reserve Working Group dealing with feedback from the VM-20 impact study.

Description: This article summarizes the recent changes to the C3 Phase III proposal, initial industry comment letters to the proposal and outstanding issues identified by the regulators.

Description: Summary of the NAIC and SOA's PBR Survey.

Description: This article discusses issues with ties to principle-based valuation.

Description: Update on State Adoption of SVL, NY Reg 147, 179, LICONY's response, ACLI small co exemption proposal

Description: Update on the Standard Valuation Law amendments and the proposed Valuation Manual.