Description: This report, by the Committee on Nonforfeiture and Valuation Mortality Problems, resulted from a request by the NAIC to develop non sex distinct mortality rates in light of a recent court decision prohibiting sex distinct mortality in determining benefits derived from defined contribution pension plans. Also included is the ‘February 7, 1984, Report of the Society of Actuaries Committee on Nonforfeiture and Valuation Mortality Problems - Individual Life Insurance and Annuities Blended Selection Factors for Blended 1980 CSO Tables,’ which describes the subsequent determination of select factors, and discussion of two letters the Committee received. From the 1985 Transactions Vol. 37.

Description: The life insurance and annuity marketplace is experiencing fierce competition, and many life insurance companies have responded to this by offering special product upgrades to their policyholders with the intent of retaining their business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 100PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Dallas Spring Meeting is about various aspects of long term care insurance from the viewpoints of an agent, a regulator and an investor.

Description: This panel discussion from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting examines investment strategies as an integral part of the company's marketing operation. It addresses possible investment strategies for the single premium deferred annuity - SPDA, financial futures and managing the existing portfolio.

Description: This article is about how technology and the internet is changing the way insurance is marketed and sold.