Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, December 2000, Issue No. 16.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Panelists discuss low probability high impact events: how these risks are identified what tools are available to measure the risk techniques used to manage the risk in an integrated fashion.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Discussion of guaranteed minimum death benefits, guaranteed minimum income benefits, and guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits on variable deferred annuities, along with floor guarantees on variable immediate annuities. This session described the types of benefits found in the marketplace along with the associated risks. Current reserving practices, risk management techniques, and the latest American Academy of Actuaries AAA and National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC developments are discussed.

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss annuity risk management, with particular focus on RBC and the proposed Actuarial Guideline on reserving, and how this can be applied to new product development as well as in-force product management.

Description: This session 8 PD of the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium focuses primarily on the Academy's development of nonformulaic statutory risk-based capital and reserve standards for death and living benefits.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Charts to be attached to the session on 'Minimum Guaranteed Benefits on Variable Annuities'.

Description: Provides an overview of the proposed regulations for calculating risk-based capital [RBC] C-3 Phase II and statutory reserves [VACARVM] on death- and living-benefit guarantees provided by variable annuities, and their status. Panelists also discuss the conceptual and practical considerations involved with mapping investment options to modeled funds, setting assumptions for revenue-sharing, mortality, and other prudent best-estimates, selecting model points and major design decisions, coordinating the required calculations, and handling the workload at year end along with documentation requirements. Session 25PD of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Teaching session covering the development of realistic liability models for use in asset adequacy analysis, asset/liability management, pricing/repricing, financial reporting or other corporate purposes. The primary focus is modeling issues for variable product features, such as minimum living or death benefit guarantees on both variable life and annuities, annuity death benefit enhancements, and variable immediate annuities. Topics include: • Analysis of the special risks posed by these products • Selecting realistic dynamic assumptions • Techniques used in modeling these products • Scenario testing and result presentation to best communicate risks

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This session provided an update on the current status of the actuarial guidelines on VA death and living benefits, the Academy's work on a non-formulaic, RBC standard and GAAP developments.

Description: This article describes the growing trend toward more concern about events that are not likely to occur, but have a very adverse impact on a company when they occur and on reflecting the unique situation of individual companies. It mentions two recent initiatives, the change in the C3 formula of RBC and scrutiny of liquidity risk.