Description: The Life Practice Area seeks input on strategic issues including the timeliness of experience reports, the increasing levels of regulation, defending risk classification, ant the viability of the actuarial profession.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 is an extract from a recently discovered Dead Sea Scroll regarding language to be included in a prospectus to provide potential investors with an adequate basis for judging the offering.

Description: Last March, Congress passed and the President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act followed by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which amended the former collectively, the “Act”. The article provides a brief background on the passage of the Act generally and the creation of the new Investment Income Tax in particular compares the existing provisions of the HI tax with the newly enacted provisions, and it then analyzes the import of the Investment Income Tax for annuities and, possibly, life insurance contracts. The article concludes with thoughts on the potential effect of the new tax on the annuity marketplace.

Description: This article discusses the Carter Report. It is a review of the Canadian federal system of taxation that would have far-reaching implications if enacted.

Description: Arguments for establishing a monetary system based on an aggregate commodity standard.

Description: Three 1983 U.S. Supreme Court pension-and-welfare-related opinions, viz. a. Shaw, b. Construction Laborers, and c. Morrison-Knudsen, merit at least passing attention by actuaries even though their impact upon the actuary’s work may vary from slight to significant.

Description: A commentary on whether or not the Illustrations Regulation has been successful.

Description: This is the panel transcript for the 2017 LT100 Symposium Session 2C: Impact of Aging: What Can Individuals and the Private Sector Do to Address Challenges?

Description: This reinsurance refresh session will review different types of reinsurance, main reinsurance regulations and resources, key reinsurance treaty provisions, as well as recent developments in reinsurance. We will also introduce LEARN, an education initiative sponsored by the SOA Reinsurance Section to help improve communication with regulators.

Description: Feature article discussing the National Academy of Social Insurance NASI, its 2011 Annual Conference, and in particular the session on Social Security Reform.