Description: Letter to the editor from a reader regarding a previous article titled, “Is This Correction Good For Life Insurance,” with a response from the author of the article.

Description: This study examines the persistency of deferred annuities on a contract anniversary basis for 1992 and 1993 anniversaries. One purpose of this study is to analyze the surrender activity of deferred annuities by selected product, customer, and distribution characteristics. This study is the first to examine surrender activity of all types of deferred annuities.

Description: This mortality study is limited to the 1960 experience of single life matured annuities under Group Annuity contracts.

Description: The objective of this presentation was to evaluate the different pricing techniques as to their effectiveness in capturing and quantifying the varied risks associated with the sale and administration of life insurance and annuity products. The results of a 2002 company survey about pricing were presented in support of this objective.

Description: This literature guide provides a grounding in tax-sheltered annuities 'TSAs' and pertinent regulations. TSAs are only available to tax-exempt organizations.

Description: This is a report on the PBITT Working Group's fourth survey to gather the assumptions actuaries use in pricing, reserving, and risk management of minimum guarantees on Variable Annuity products, such as death benefits, income benefits, withdrawal benefits and maturity benefits.

Description: Report presenting the 1987 and 1988 experience of retired individuals who are covered under insured pension plans in the United States and Canada. Data from years 1983 - 1986 are also included to provide a comparison with 1987 and 1988 experience.

Description: Mortality tables including only the regular matured life study and limited to the experience of single life matured annuities under Group Annuity contracts.

Description: How to set asset assumption, at the cycle or through the cycle and other considerations

Description: Variable annuity (VA) writers are facing many challenges in today's economic environment. Equity market volatility and low interest rates make guaranteed benefits increasingly expensive to hedge. Both GAAP Long Duration Targeted Improvements and the recent VM-21 changes will drive the need to manage the VA business under a new set of lenses. During this session, the presenters will explore the various in-force management tools VA writers have available and comment on their effectiveness.