Description: The Marketing and Distribution Section sponsored a session on Distribution Trends at the 2006 Life Spring Meeting. The section was pleased to have Lucian Lombardi (LIMRA) and Ted Quinn (McKinsey and Company) report on research jointly sponsored by their respective companies. From News Direct, September 2006, Number 54.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses the Pension Protection Act PPA and the related misconceptions. The PPA has removed significant legislative uncertainty around pension funding rules. But there are lots of details. This article discusses the many unresolved issues related to near-term funding decisions.

Description: The Pension Actuary's Guide to Financial Economics was distributed free of charge to all Pension Section members late in 2006 and is now available on the Internet.

Description: A discussion of the pillars required to build the needed paradigm for insurance company risk management. From The Actuary Magazine April 2005

Description: This is a letter to the editor about Social Security and Medicare. From The Actuary Magazine August 2005

Description: This is an article about how our business environment has changed and how actuaries must evolve in order to retain their value to employers.

Description: Discusses the different forms of guarantees that have been used in life insurance, and the various means of analyzing and establishing financial support to assure that these promises can be met.

Description: Discusses the purpose, goals, makeup, and initial accomplishments of the Emerging Issues Advisory Group, EIAG.

Description: The article gives background on the Brazilian insurance market and summarizes the newly released regulations which deal with revised reserving guidelines and new capital requirements. Additional capital requirements are promulgated for credit, market, legal, underwriting and operational risks.

Description: The Society's vision is for actuaries to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling and management of financial risk and contingent events. To that end, this column will regularly update members on the latest initiatives underway aimed at helping us realize this vision through the SOA strategic plan.