Description: Recap of content contained in the January 2014 issue of the Health Watch newsletter.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Examination of real life case studies of recent insurance company insolvencies to test whether the concept of the Valuation Actuary would have prevented insolvencies or reduced the losses resulting from insolvencies.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the duties and responsibilities of appointed actuaries, including compliance with qualification standards and actuarial standards of practice. They discuss the United States, where new regulations were recently adopted by the National Association of insurance Commissioners [NAIC], developments in Canada, where new legislation is expected to pass, and also world practice, looking at Europe and the U.K. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: Discussion of NAIC efforts to amend the annuity nonforfeiture laws to respond to falling interest rates.

Description: discussion of March 2009 NAIC/LHATF meeting

Description: Recent studies have suggested that teachers would be better off with DC or Cash Balance plans than with DB. Detailed data from CalSTRS support the opposite.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. Discusses the new regulatory requirements, including the invention of an illustration actuary and what the job entails, and the tasks to be accomplished in achieving compliance.

Description: Feature article discussing actuaries’ view of the perfect health care reform package with an emphasis on funding/financing. Part 4 of a 4-part series.

Description: A regulator's perspective on the changing insurance and financial services industry, including changes in the state regulatory environment driven by the regulators themselves, as well as potential changes in the competitive environment prompted by the Financial Services Modernization Act.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 4, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Annual Meeting, held in Boston October 24-26. In addressing current developments with respect to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ‘ERISA,’ the panelists discuss the relationship between actuaries and accountants, problems caused by ERISA and pending legislation, including mandatory retirement age, and beneficial aspects of ERISA. Current developments with respect to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ‘PBGC,’ Contingent Employee’s Liability Insurance, ‘CELI,’ and head tax increase are also included.