Description: This article warns product actuaries about arbitrage schemes using charities that might adversely affect mortality experience.

Description: New chairperson’s column discussing his goals for the Product Development Section.

Description: Product Development Section’s election results, and bio's of new members.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing the current challenges of life insurance product development in the present times.

Description: Read the October 2019 issue of Product Matters! published by the Product Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Part 2 of the article continues providing data on why IUL income streams need to be managed and suggests techniques that insurance companies could provide to policyholders and advisors to do so. The author also offers his research data free of charge to any actuary who contacts him to request it.

Description: This article outlines industry practice and consideration for pricing acceleration-only riders to life insurance policies.

Description: Product concepts that are born in one country often find their way to the other. This article discusses which products are the hot products in the United States and Canada, and what we can expect for future sales for these products.

Description: A high-level overview of the recent release of the update to the illustration practice notes, or IPNs.

Description: Chairperson’s column likening product development to campaigning.