Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about the various FASB statements with which the retirement benefit actuary must deal. Emphasis was on current developments. Topics included: 1. What the FASB is all about and what its objectives have been in issuing accounting standards that deal with various employee benefit plans. 2. The practical realities of dealing with clients and some of the problems that exist in dealing with these FASB statements. 3. The utilization and implementation of these FASB statements.

Description: In session 85OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss reserving requirements, methods, and risks associated with offering Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits GMBD on variable annuities. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about the relationship between product design and investment policy. The focus is on a review of investment metircs, discussion of option adjusted spreads, and the use of total return from equity investments to support insurance products.

Description: This 1992 panel discussion is about the Internal Revenue Service's pension nondiscrimination rules, including the 401[a][4] general test regulations, the 401[l] permitted disparity regulations, the 401[a][26] minimum participation requirements, and the 410[b] average benefits test. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. The panelists discussed approaches for measuring risk across risk elements on a consistent basis and discuss the methods for aggregating results and measuring diversification.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Presenters examine data warehousing applications primarily of use to actuaries, such as experience studies, profitability analysis, and performance measurement.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. In this session three panelists related recent personal experiences with respect to emerging trends in hardware, software, and methodologies.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. In this session about annuities, topics discussed included product design, regulatory, marketplace, compensation, and pricing issues.

Description: In this session at the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting, the panelists discuss the value of deferred taxes to the owner of an IRA, 401k or similar product. The time it takes for tax-deferral benefits to overcome typical penalties levied on early distributions is reviewed. They also discuss the effect of tax deferral on the risk profile of investments.

Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. This session is about pricing life and VA products with untested new features in an uncertain environment.