Description: This panel discussion is divided into two topics, Valuation of Stockholder Equity and Advantages of a Merger or an Acquisition. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 2, No. 59 AB.

Description: The second of two reports analyzing industry IDI claim incidence and termination experience trends. The report covers claim termination trends.

Description: Panelists provide an overview of risk-based capital requirements. Also discussed are shortcomings and proposed changes currently under consideration. Practical issues with the implementation of these ideas are also presented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This 1978 discussion focused on risk classification and privacy, including the following questions: What are the implications of the Privacy Study Commission's recommendations? What legislative developments have occurred? What can be expected? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 3.

Description: This is a discussion of the preliminary report of the committee on valuation and related topics. The committee elected to commence its work by examining the fundamental principles of valuation. The traditional issues in the valuation of an insurance enterprise appear within this general framework. The objective of the committee's work is to measure the balance between assets and liabilities in today's volatile economy.

Description: Read the June 2019 edition of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section of the Society of Actuaries. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: In this paper, the long-term funding consequences of negotiated improvements in pension plans are examined. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects on both contribution rates and the overall funding position of the plan of such things as benefit increases to retirees, reductions in the average retirement age, economic events that affect the size of the active work force, and the interplay between the increases in pay and benefit rates and the other valuation assumptions. A simulation model is used to uncover the influence of each variable. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers pending tax legislation with respect to life insurance companies, policyholder taxation and the current legislative outlook.

Description: This report presents the results of the most recent study of individual life insurance lapse experience in the United States conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the Society of Actuaries (SOA).

Description: Panelists discuss the current rules and guidelines applicable to pension-plan coverage and participation requirements under many circumstances, from highly compensated employees within a controlled group to minimum participation requirements by plan. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.