Description: This 1979 session is about current developments in Life products. Products discussed: 1. Adjustable life 2. Universal life 3. Indexed coverages 4. Term Insurance plus accumulation fund 5. Level Premium Term to 100 6. Revertible Term

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Pros and cons of demutualizing, legal and regulatory perspective, current demutualization developments, actuarial considerations of how much, in what proportions, and to whom, structuring the demutualization, and implications of a public offering.

Description: 1988 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this session, the presenter offered her opinion that, while time consuming and burdensome, the results obtained from testing associated with Regulation 126 are worthwhile.

Description: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. A panel of actuarial regulators answered the questions: 1. What are the regulatory expectations from asset adequacy analysis? 2. When regulators review a company's opinion and memoranda, what are the things they are looking for? 3. What are the things that haven't been done as well as they like? 4. What do they feel can be improved on in the process? 5. How does the process itself work?

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting reviews recent U.S. regulatory and tax developments, U.S. product taxation issues including corporate-owned life insurance COLI and certificate of deposit CD annuities and a summary of recent Canadian income tax developments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. In this session the panelists debated the diversity of professional practice about how companies and regulators can and should measure profit and set standards for profit margins. One panelist spoke of the traditional actuarial perspective, while the other represented the modern theory of finance.

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

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This panel of appointed actuaries shared their perspectives and practical experiences in fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of the appointed actuary with the goal of providing a better understanding of the duties and responsibilities of the appointed actuary, supporting actuaries and staff.

Description: 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Los Angeles. This session focused on how the industry has responded to the financial management challenges associated with Equity-Indexed products. Topics included: 1. Investment hedging and market volatility. 2. Product modeling. 3. Participation rate competition. 4. Product evolution. 5. GAAP for Derivatives - FAS 133.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. In this panel discussion of the evaluation of the adequacy of capital, the speakers addressed the NAIC risk-based capital proposal, rating agency techniques, and valuation actuary views.