Description: This Report presents the results of a three-year study on Demutualization by a Task Force of the Society of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: This discussion at an SOA 1968 Regional Meeting compares variable annuitis and mutual funds from a company and customer standpoint. Other opportunities for selling equity based products as well as the Canadian experience are explored.

Description: This article discusses the Financial Condition Examination Handbook and the Market Conduct Examination Handbook, both of which became effective January 1, 1977 after approval by the Executive Committee of the NAIC. The purpose of this new guidance is to update and simplify the examination process for all insurance companies.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the deregulation that has already occurred within financial industries including banking regulations regarding underwriting and selling insurance and some insight into possible future deregulation.

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 present the history and current status of the mandatory securities valuation reserve, ‘MSVR,’, discuss the work of the Ward Committee, established by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to review and recommend changes to the MSVR, and discuss the regulatory viewpoint, including solvency, risk-based capital, Regulation 126, and the AVR or asset valuation reserve. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: This paper discusses a brief history of policy loans, a description of the problems being experienced by companies and possible solutions. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 1, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Regional Meeting, held in Atlanta March 31-April 1. The presenters at this session discuss the nature and use of corporate planning, including the organization of the planning process and the corporate planning cycle.

Description: From the Record 1976 Vol. II, No. 4, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1976 Annual Meeting, held in Toronto, Ontario October 20-22. In this session, the presenters discuss the current problems with policy loans in the current interest rate environment, covering topics such as legal considerations, allocation of investment income, pricing, sales problems, and policyholder considerations.