Refine your search
41 - 50 of 77 results (0.44 seconds)
Sort By:
  • Focus on Immediate Annuities
    business used to finance life insurance and long-term care insurance. An average of 13 percent of the business ... percent of the business was used to finance long-term care insurance. One carrier reported that 80 percent ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Susan Saip
    • Date: Nov 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Payout annuities
  • Does Preferred Wear Off?
    see that gender does not “wear off ” during the primary insurance ages, then one may make the leap to say ... many other confounding variables—access to health care, smoking habits by gender, women in the workplace ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Steven Cox
    • Date: Jul 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Underwriting - Life Insurance
  • Product Matters, June 2017
    year, and in renewal years are set equal to the direct writer’s anticipated mortality experience, including ... down the IRR to a level that may be lower than a direct writer’s normal new business hurdle rate. In Pricing ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Product development - Annuities; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance
  • Enhancing the Value of Critical Illness Insurance
    Enhancing the Value of Critical Illness Insurance Critical illness insurance is a popular supplemental ... or Depressive Disorder and Use of Mental Health Care Among Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic—United ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Ashlee Borcan
    • Date: Feb 2022
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance
  • Product Matters! October 2019, Issue 114
    “single A”) Non-par term and whole life, long-term care/disability, immediate/payout annuities Market ... ing new product design ideas was identified as a primary barrier. Unsurprisingly, the majority of respondents ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance
  • Chairperson’s Corner PD Section Rings In The New Year
    Chairperson’s Corner PD Section Rings In The New Year New chairperson’s column discussing his ... This repositioning of the meeting is based on direct feedback from you—we are eager to see the success ...

    View Description

    • Authors: John Currier
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities; Life Insurance
  • Helping To Take The “Ill” Out Of Illustration Certifications—Using The Update To The Illustration Practice Notes
    Helping To Take The “Ill” Out Of Illustration Certifications—Using The Update To The Illustration ... any additional thoughts about the IPN, please direct them to Dianna Pell at pell@ actuary.org. Product ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Donna Christine Megregian
    • Date: Feb 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Life Insurance; Public Policy
  • Product Development Section 2012 Council Elections
    Product Development Section 2012 Council Elections This article announces the product development ... product development, and he has served 25 years in direct stock and mutual company product development, ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Paul Fedchak, Christy Cook
    • Date: Feb 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations
  • FIA Pricing Survey Summary
    they use internal rate of re- turn (IRR) as a primary pricing metric. Return on assets (ROA) was the ... benefit guarantees. Interest rate risk is the primary market risk and ALM is the preferred industry ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Daniel Rueschhoff, Karthik Yadatore, Aatman Dattani
    • Date: Jul 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Product development - Annuities
  • 2002 Inter-Company Expense Study of U.S.Individual Life Insurance and Annuities
    2002 Inter-Company Expense Study of U.S.Individual Life Insurance and Annuities Highlights from ... channels: Career, Brokerage, PPGA, Multi-Line, Direct Response, Other and Unallocated (those expenses ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: Nov 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Expenses - Annuities; Experience Studies & Data; Life Insurance>Expenses - Life Insurance