Description: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about product trends, state regulations, disclosure requirements and tax status. Topics included: 1. The development of the NAIC model regulation on accelerated benefits. 2. Some state-specific responses to accelerated benefit products. 3. The tax status of accelerated benefits. 4. ACLI comments regarding several shortcomings in the model regulation.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting examines the current proposals, regulation and deregulation in the U.S. sector and Canada, The Baldwin-United problem and the implications for the life insurance framework in Canada. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10. No. 4

Description: This 1979 session focused on group life topics. Topics included: 1. NAIC Model Group Life Insurance Law 2. Mass Marketing 3. Waiver of Premium/Extended Death Benefit 4. Financial Aspects a. Profitability b. Reserves e. Persistency/Mortality

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the duties and responsibilities of appointed actuaries, including compliance with qualification standards and actuarial standards of practice. They discuss the United States, where new regulations were recently adopted by the National Association of insurance Commissioners [NAIC], developments in Canada, where new legislation is expected to pass, and also world practice, looking at Europe and the U.K. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

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: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses Financial Accounting Standard FAS 115, a company's FLUX score and how it is calculated, the valuation actuary, how to manage off-balance-sheet assets, and how to manage risk-based capital RBC. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses new state and NAIC regulation of surplus relief reinsurance, GAAP treatment of reinsurance, and taxation of reinsurance under Section 845 of the 1984 Tax Law.

Description: Panel discussion from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston on the topic of the financial services industry and its response to inflation and deregulation. Topics included: 1. Industry reconfiguration, relative competitiveness of various segments of the industry. 2. New products and technological advance 3. Impacts on the life insurance industry. a. Bank marketing of insurance products b. Investment and bank products marketed by insurers

Description: This 1978 session focused on individual life product development. Topics included: 1. Policy loan rate considerations 2. Federal Income Tax considerations 3. Inflation recognition 4. Determining interest rate for nonforfeiture values and reserves 5. Reserve valuation method impact 6. Innovation in asset share techniques 7. State approvals and disapprovals 8. Disclosure 9. New products - Term insurance plus deposit funds, Contingent Life, Joint Life, Pension Trust, etc.