Description: This session discussion is about the national retirement income policy. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. In this life insurance product tax session, attorneys representing the American Council of Life Insurance ACLI, the Internal revenue Service, ‘IRS,’ and the law firm of Davis & Harman discuss the status of recent IRS Private Letter Rulings, current activities of the American Council of Life Insurance, ‘ACLI,’ and other topics including the international reach of Internal Revenue Code sections 7702 and 7702A. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

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: This session will discuss the role of actuaries under national health insurance, role of the Canadian health actuaries under that national program and how actuaries can shape the health-care environment in the U.S.. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

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 session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting shows a comprehensive look inside government debt problems in the U.S. and Canada, Generational Accounts and the implications on government debt of the generational accounts. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.

Description: In this session 120F of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses the impact that the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association and other recent market conduct developments will have on the practice and the profession of the actuary. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This session dealt with Regulatory Considerations in Group Insurance. Topics included: 1. National health insurance. 2. Federal hospital cost control programs. 3. Non-discrimination legislation and regulation. 4. Multiple- employer trusts. 5. Impact of recent OASDI financing changes. 6. Changes in mandatory retirement age on group insurance.