Description: This paper describes a streamlined procedure for allocating investment income which permits the application of a single current investment-year interest rate, together with an averaged rollover rate, to an adjusted asset base to give essentially the same results as the traditional investment-year method. It also includes a discussion of the paper. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol. 28.

Description: This session is about the philosophy and implications of investment income allocation for individual and group products, bases available for subdivision of investment income by line and within lines of business, applicability of new money rates to individual and group products, and regulatory restraints.