Description: In session 138 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the possibility of a single premium immediate annuity that offers liquidity options. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss major pricing issues with immediate annuities: [1] mortality assumptions, including improvement projections and substandard risks, [2] investment strategy, [3] expenses, and [4] valuation. Also discussed separately is a description of structured settlements and special issues with marketing such products. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Structured claim settlement process, Recent developments in taxation, Substandard underwriting, Sources of mortality information, Administration and investments, Valuation, Risks and profit margin.

Description: This session at the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting covers payout annuity issues including an overview of product designs, the current market, and underwriting or substandard annuities.

Description: Increasing life spans and fluctuations in the equity markets have raised awareness of the potential of outliving one's income. This presentation from Session 30 of the SOA June 2004 San Antonio Spring Meeting discusses single premium immediate annuities as one solution to this growing issue. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This session focuses on the financial issues related to income products. A panel of experts discusses pricing, investment, and risk management in underwriting payout annuities. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 80PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the value and new features/enhancements of single premium immediate annuities 'SPIAs'.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists discuss the design and pricing of immediate annuities, as well as related topics including reserving issues, asset strategies, asset/liability matching, reinsurance considerations, and NAIC Actuarial Guidelines IX-A and IX-B. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: The question of sex discrimination in employee pension plans in life insurance programs is only part of the more general issue of risk classification. Challenges to the old ways of classifying risks are not limited to pensions or to life insurance. It also impacts auto insurance, health insurance, and all other areas. However, for this discussion we will concentrate on sex discrimination in pension and retirement plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1979, Volume 5, No. 1.

Description: This presentation from Session 17 of the SOA 2004 San Antonio Spring Meeting focuses on new product concepts that are emerging to capture the huge emerging retirement market. Panelists discuss concepts such as incorporating defined benefit concepts into defined contribution plans, insuring the longevity tail, innovations in 'traditional' annuities, 412i insured pension plans for small businesses, and highly impaired care annuities for people already incurring long-term-care costs.. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.