Description: What are the possible future implications to insurance companies of significant improvements in mortality? How can futurism techniques be used in research? The formation of the mortality improvement study group at the Principal Financial Group was the first step toward examining the issue of mortality improvement. In an interactive format, we will present what we learned about mortality and futurism techniques by participating in this group.

Description: The Society's Task Force to Study Risk of Loss from Changes in the Interest Rate Environment C-3 Risk Task Force was formed in March 1981 with the charge to quantify C-3 risk. The Task Force made a preliminary report as part of a panel discussion on C-3 risk at the Society's October 1981 meeting in Atlanta. This presentation provides an update on the progress to date and its future plans.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Discussion of the future role of the valuation actuary

Description: General discussion session which included the following topics: A. Non-medical limits B. Deficiency reserves for individual life insurance

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs, led a discussion related to employer's accounting for pensions and other post-employment benefits. Topics included: 1. Present accounting rules and background in connection with pension plans 2. The purposes for pension accounting rules in general 3. The nature of pension arrangements and the implication of their character for: a. Corporate liabilities and net worth h. Periodic charges to corporate income on account of pensions 4. Effect of actuarial gains and losses and the relationship of non-penslon post-retirement benefits to pensions, from an accounting viewpoint

Description: From a session at the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 19–20, 2002 Session topics included model hierarchy, statistical deterministic and stochastic models, real-life situations, how to organize a model effectively, structuring the model to fit the project or report data, sources/integrity techniques documentation, and constraints and limitations on models.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the paper 'Select and Ultimate Financial Assumptions In Pension Plan Valuations: An Analysis Of The Issues' by the Society's Committee on Pension Principles and Related Research - TSA Volume 37 1985. The paper addresses the pros and cons of select and ultimate assumptions.

Description: This panel discussion was from one of the 1982 spring meetings of the Society of Actuaries. The discussion concerned accounting for pensions and other post-employment benefits. The panel considered the following issues: 1. Disclosure 2. Multi-Employer Plans 3. Plans Funded With Insurance Contracts 4. Plans Likely to be Terminated 5. Treatment of Other Post-Retirement Benefits

Description: Slides from a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Panelists build on the paper by Luke N. Girard, Market Value of Insurance Liabilities: Reconciling the Actuarial Appraisal and Option-Pricing Methods, that combines, in one framework, the traditional actuarial appraisal method and option-pricing method.

Description: This discussion looked at defining tax parity between mutual companies and stock companies as well as the consequences of failure to achieve tax parity.