Description: This 1979 session focused on the future of individual deferred annuities. Topics included: 1. Regulatory and Tax Problems a. S.E.C. exemptive provisions b. Tax questions c. Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities 2. Prospects for Profitability a. Disintermediation b. Improving the prospects for profits 3. Portfolio Method of Crediting Interest vs. Investment Year Method 4. Marketing 5. Product Design a. Different product features b. Lapse experience c. Recent innovations

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. In this session on Single Premium Deferred Annuities, the panelists discussed the results of the 1992 Single Premium Deferred Annuity Persistency Study and they identified some additional research in the area of interest-sensitive cash-flow analysis.

Description: Discussion of new individual life, annuity and disability product developments designed to meet conditions in today's market. This article was presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting discusses many types of individual annuity products including single premium - SPDA's, annual premium, and flexible premium deferred annuities and structured settlement plans.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Single premium deferred annuity, Flexible premium annuity, Universal life, Vanishing premium life, Indexed products, Variable products, Reinsurance.

Description: This discussion note for many sessions at the 1980 Spring Meeting defines the theme of the meeting and sets the objectives under three scenarios. Objectives: 1. Recognize and reflect the basic concepts of futurism. 2. Identify the general direction of individual life and annuity business. 3. Paint a picture of what our business will look like by the end of the decade. Scenarios: 1. High inflation scenario 2. Incentive and investment scenario 3. Social democracy scenario

Description: This is a discussion from the 1982 SOA Spring Meeting on individual annuity product design under conditions of inflation. It highlights the design and testing of annuity products in an inflationary envirnonmnet, the marketing and distribution of annuities, the importance of asset/liability matching and surplus and valuation considerations. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1982, Volume 8, No. 1.

Description: This 1978 discussion focused on Individual Annuity experience and current events including: 1. Marketing issues 2. Actuarial issues 3. SEC study 4. FIT issues 5. Nonforfeiture issues 6. The Model Disclosure Bill.

Description: State insurance department actuary, who also is on two committees of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners [NAIC], discusses current NAIC activities regarding nonforfeiture, sales illustrations, and replacements for life products and sales illustrations for annuities, as well as equity-indexed annuities [EIAs]. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about regulatory aspects, administrative aspects, financial reporting issues and Canadian products.