Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses proposals for changing the tax law with respect to the taxation of personal income: The tax climate that led to these proposals, A description of the major proposals including the Treasury proposal pending in Congress, How these proposals will affect the design, marketing and sale of individual life and annuity products.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion examined individual tax qualified products. Areas covered included: 1. Regulatory developments 2. Products being used 3. Effect of the current money market on product design 4. Assumptions 5. Results by market 6. Spousal IRA's

Description: With freezing and termination of DB plans, there is a growing void in retirees' retirement planning that can best be solved by annuities. The presenters will discuss different ways that annuities can be used to provide retirement income in DC plans. They will also cover industry trends and the challenges of associated with adding annuities within DC plans

Description: This session will highlight the mortality experience of a large set of private pension plans in the United States for experience years 2010-2014.

Description: The speakers will discuss the replication of long-term options, including a discussion of issues such as liquidity, transaction costs, slippage, impact of policyholder behavior, and machine learning algorithms to improve hedge effectiveness.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. Discusses background, product design, NAIC model regulations, New York legislation and regulations, investment considerations, financial reporting, and provides a Canadian overview of MVA products.

Description: Economics professor discusses the economics of fair and unfair discrimination in insurance. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers annuity reinsurance, specifically quota-share coinsurance, It addresses why companies buy annuity reinsurance, what risks are transferred, investment strategies and factors to consider when choosing a reinurance partner. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This discussion reviews multiple issues including: the success in getting states to accept three-year spread, implementation issues, effect of AG 33 on new contract wording, and accuracy of early estimates.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting look at the product development process with a focus on improving the success rate for new products and process improvement strategies.