Description: Discussion of leading edge companies. Topics included: 1. How they got there 2. Lessons to be learned 3. Financial reporting issues faced by actuaries and others involved with companies that have failed or are close to statutory insolvency 4. Turning it around- strategies for future success.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on cash-flow testing for product actuaries covered the following topics: 1. Guidance notes designed to help in writing up reports on cash-flow testing. 2. Investment strategies in product design. 3. Surplus requirements.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session was about product development in the age of age of risk-based capital including traditional capital measures, emerging trends, and NAIC changes.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Provides updates on the current developments and status of the new nonforfeiture law and discusses several controversial issues.

Description: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Questions asked and answered included: 1. What do regulators expect or want as far as asset adequacy analysis for shorter-term liabilities such as IBNR? 2. What responsibility does the appointed actuary have in verifying reserves for reinsured business? 3. If the assets for the market value adjusted annuity are held in a separate account and valued at market, what rates should be used to present value the projected guaranteed benefits? 4. May a company perform the cash-flow testing based on the low level of reserves held in the domiciliary state rather than the higher reserve actually held in the state with the special state in filing? 5. Have there been any situations where an opining valuation actuary has been held personally responsible?

Description: 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium. The panelists discussed product design of Equity Indexed products, interest crediting strategies, investment risks, hedging issues, and internal controls and risk management for companies getting started in the derivatives market.

Description: 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis is analysis and sensitivity testing and stress testing. Stated another way it is measuring the ability of a company to support future operations. The panelists provided an update on recent Society research that has been done and examples in practice.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses current regulatory topics affecting life insurance and annuity product development including smoker/non-smoker mortality tables, unisex legislation being considered and life insurance without guaranteed cash values. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting reviews updates to federal taxation legislation relating to insurance including pensions and ERISA, 401k plans, employee benefit plan taxation and new code Section 7702. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: The session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses the revolution in financial services, banks in the insurance business, the diversification in financial services, insurance sales in supermarkets, joint ventures with banks and insurers and the American bankers dream - one stop shopping. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4A