Description: This 1978 session examines income taxation for North America. Topics covered: I. Canadian Income Tax a. What problems and deficiencies have been found in the new Canadian income tax act and regulations? b. What effect will the new tax rules have on profits, pricing and plan design? Is the overall tax burden fair? Is it fairly distributed? 2. U. S. Income Tax a. What impact will proposals for tax reform, if adopted, have on the life insurance business in the U.S.? What alternatives have been proposed by the industry? b. Are legislative changes needed in the 1959 Company Tax Act? If so, in what areas? c. What are the implications of recent Court decisions?

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at the future of nontraditional actuarial practice in the year 2000 including the areas and external factors creating these jobs and the education, experience and preparation that the actuary will need.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting focuses on the variable annuity market including product guarantees, unbundling, cost averaging subaccounts, asset based compensation, and variable annuitization.

Description: The presentations at this session at the 1990 SOA Annual Meeting offer thier view on the future of the life insurance industry in terms of demographics, economics, consolidation and products. The status of the actuarial profession in 10 years is contemplated.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting is a discussion looking at trends in annuity product design, disintermediation and intermediation - C-3 risk, structured settlements, marketing and agents' compensation, and investment strategies. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: This meeting session covered proposed amendments to valuation and nonforfeiture laws, which included a new mortality table and the dynamic interest rate concept, and the SEC's scrutiny of annuities and Guaranteed Investment Contracts.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting reviews trends in annuity product design, marketing and agents' compensation, investment strategies, and annuitant mortality. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Regional Meeting is about annuity product development and includes an overview of variable annuity products, fixed product designs, and marketing and distribution issues.

Description: This is the table of contents to discussions published from the Washington, D.C. Meeting held October 26-29, 1997. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This is the Table of Contents of the sessions at the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting. Record of the Society of Actuaries Volume 9, Number 4.