Description: A discussion of topics in a series of roundtable education sessions on life insurance products and companies at the collaborative meeting of the ACLI and member companies.

Description: This article discusses equity risk premium, what it is, how it should be measured, if a constant risk premium provides the best model and what are reasonable expectations for the future.

Description: A review of changes in the last two years with respect to investing, geopolitical risks and the markets.

Description: Describes session at the 2015 Life and Annuity Symposium on a new electronic exchange for equity securities, IEX. The exchange rules limit the potential for high frequency traders to front-run customer orders.

Description: Article Ode To A Part Three Student by Adler in The Actuary, April 1979, Volume 13, Number 4. Poetry.

Description: This article discusses Asset-Backed Securities as a low volatility alternative to Intermediate Government Bonds.

Description: While some people proclaim the imminent triumph of renewable energy, this article argues that fossil fuels will continue to be part of the energy mix.

Description: Most investors give convertible securities less prominence than stocks and bonds in their investment portfolios. The attention span given to learning the intricacies and finer points of this hybrid security is quite narrow. In fact, most of us may not even know that a “golden age” existed or whether it has peaked. It’s far beyond our immediate concerns.

Description: This article discusses the magnitude and impact of the subprime crisis.

Description: This article re-caps the Investment Actuary Symposium held on November 8-9, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada.