Description: This 1981 session on Fiscal and Monetary Policy dealt with questions of i. What are current U.S. and Canadian policies? 2. What is the outlook for fiscal policy in the U.S. and Canada? 3. What does current monetary policy imply for financial and credit markets and interest rates? 4. What political, social and economic changes must occur for nominal interest rates to begin steadily declining toward parity with real interest rates? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: Few product innovations have transfigured the variable annuity (VA) industry as much asguaranteed living benefits (GLBs).

Description: In the June 2014 issue of Product Matters, Doug Robbins of Pacific Life authored a fascinating article entitled “Velocity of Diversification.” Therein, he proposed a pricing measure that describes the “…speed at which confidence in profitability is attained”. How can stochastic modeling of mortality be applied to analyze the velocity of diversification, and how would that measure be affected by volatility in the underlying assumptions?

Description: Feature article about the different types of retirement systems throughout the world and how watching what they do could help the U.S. retirement system.

Description: Experts discuss: [1] an overview of U.S. taxation of life-insurance income from 'controlled foreign corporations' [CFCs], [2] the actuarial aspects of the taxation of CFCs, and [3] taxation issues relative to minority-owned [not 'controlled'] foreign corporations. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Discusses the severe adverse effects on U.S. capital markets that will occur due to the passage of FAS 115, which requires marking certain assets to market without a corresponding adjustment to liabilities.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses proposed guidelines, why they are necessary, how ceding companies will be affected, and the impact of recent auditing and U.S. tax law developments.

Description: This survey is an annual survey that captures individual and group life data from U.S. and Canadian life reinsurers.

Description: Review of the fifth and final report in the 1960 Census Monograph Series created by the Social Science Research Council. Makes a compelling case for the monograph providing a good historical and statistical analysis of the changing U.S. population and demographics.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session provides an update on current annuity financial reporting topics, including: status of annuity valuation law revisions and proposed Actuarial Guideline GGG.