Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 A summary of the history, current, and anticipated direction of future regulatory requirements applicable to the role and methodologies of the Valuation Actuary in the USA and Canada.

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

Description: This article provided a 1998 update of Mutual Insurance Holding Companies. Subjects covered included state-by-status enabling status, policyholder rights under an MIHC, advantages, and criticisms.

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

Description: This paper describes methods adapted to the computer for calculating premiums and nonforfeiture values separately for each policy at its original issue and for as many changes in the policy as may be made later. It also discusses current insurance law, underwriting, substandard issues, dividends and sales illustrations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol. 28.

Description: This literature guide provides a basic grounding in policyholder dividends and other nonguaranteed elements in individual life insurance and annuities in Canada and the U.S. Participating insurance is most often offered by mutuals in the U.S. and by both mutual and stock companies in Canada.

Description: Discusses a Bill which was recently introduced into the Maryland Legislature and which would require the Insurance Commissioner to publish a price comparison for all life companies licensed in Maryland.

Description: This article discusses the conflicting opinions surrounding proposed 1998 legislation that would have authorized mutual life insurance companies in New York to reorganize as stock companies through the formation of upstream Mutual Holding Companies.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Chicago. This discussion is about direct marketing growth in the 1980s, sustaining the growth in the 1990s, regulatory constraints in the 1990s, impact of continuing production cost increases, new product designs, and declining response rate.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. The panel discussed the findings of the Task Force for Research on Life Insurance Sales Illustrations and the direction of regulation in this area. The Task Force recommendations reflected input received from regulators, individual life insurance companies, other insurance professionals and actuaries.