Description: This session from the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium reviews the appointed actuary concept, the actuarial opinion and asset adequacy analysis as they apply to health insurance and expresses the views of one regulator on the subject and one actuary in terms of the actuarial standards of practice.

Description: 1999 SOA Regional Meeting, Atlanta. In this session experts from the regulatory environment and from the insurance industry discussed whether the public interest is best served by the states or the federal government being the primary regulators of insurance or some system of bifurcated regulatory authority shared between the states and the federal government.

Description: Two nonactuarial experts representing opposing health care reform solutions present their alternative views. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: This session discusses health alliances, a central component of the President's proposal. Their structure, operations and effect on the market have numerous actuarial implications. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3B.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Discussion of how actuaries can influence federal legislation in issues of interest to life insurance companies.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 A discussion of liquidity management for life insurance companies marketing institutional clients, in particular with respect to GIC contracts and Funding agreements. Topics included: · What happened at General American with their defaults on funding agreements. Why did the regulators and rating agencies miss the problems? · What was the impact of reinsurance? · What is the effect of adding institutional business such as putable funding agreements on liquidity management? · Are there prudent levels of this business that can be beneficial? · What is the effect of funding agreements with downgrade provisions on liquidity risks, and do such provisions create a preference for sophisticated institutional contract holders?

Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 Discussion of purposes and approaches for creating interest-rate scenarios.

Description: Panel discussion of varying views on: substandard underwriting with prudent pricing, qualified vs. nonqualified plans and the need for IRS clarifications, rate stabilization and aggressive pricing, noncancellable products and product features.

Description: This session discusses affordable health care including cost drivers, trends, the uninsured, federal funding and state initiatives. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 109

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 45PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The panelists note that as new channels like the Internet, work-site marketing and direct marketing become more important, understanding the regulatory environment is essential, and nontraditional distribution, direct marketing, direct sales and telemarketing are increasingly subjected to new forms of regulations at the federal, as well as at the state, levels. The speakers cover the legal aspects of e-signature and voice signature, HIPAA authorization requirements, telemarketing rules, such as the federal “Do Not Call” legislation and other privacy issues. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.