Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting examines the regulatory process, how an idea for a model bill works its way through the NAIC, the function of the ACLI and how from an industry side the process can be influenced at the state and federal levels. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting Panelists will review the Canadian experience in adopting dynamic solvency testing DST and the impact of DST on how companies do business, changes which have been made and the changes suggested to the DST. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This session covered the practical aspects of implementing the Statement of Position on accounting and reporting by insurance enterprises for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts and for separate accounts. Specific items include SA reporting, multiple account value products, guaranteed minimum death and living benefit reserves and sales inducements

Description: From the Record 1991 Vol. 17, No. 1, this is the keynote presentation from the Society of Actuaries 1991 Regional Meeting, held in New Orleans April 18-19. The speakers discuss the increasing importance of the asset side of the balance sheet in looking at the reserves and overall solvency of a life insurance company, and the outlook for an increase in responsibilities and liabilities for the actuary in the 90s.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session discussion is about cash-flow testing as a management tool. Topics covered included: 1. Was the year-end process useful or a necessary evil? 2. How realistic were the assumptions used? 3. How much was pure guesswork? 4. What were the lessons learned from the exercise?

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session provided an update on the appointed actuary. Topics included: 1. Provided preliminary results of a 1992 cash-flow-testing survey that was sent to a number of life companies in the U.S. 2. A discussion of the position taken by one actuary who did not do cash-flow testing in forming an opinion for his company's 1992 annual statement. 3. How to deal with failed scenarios. 4. The evolution of the appointed actuary's role at MetLife. 5. How the process currently works at MetLife. 6. Insights on where MetLife sees the process going.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session discussion is about the impact of RBC on product design. Topics included: 1. An overview of the regulatory aspects of RBC. 2. How to incorporate RBC into the pricing of insurance products. 3. The small company perspective 4. The application of marginal RBC analysis. 5. A preliminary analysis on RBC covariance between product lines.

Description: This 1981 session focused on insurance regulation from a federal vs. state perspective. Topics included: 1. Current regulatory environment 2. Anticipated changes in the regulatory environment 3. Ways the future regulatory environment might be impacted.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses the reasons for mutual life companies to have stock subsidiaries including taxes, introducing new products and distribution systems. It also covers the impact of TEFRA and Stark/Moore. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting is the Keynote Address on new products and new approaches. It covers new approaches at the company level and also new approaches for state regulation.