Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the pitfalls of underwriting group pension funding contracts with significant interest guarantees. Insurance companies are faced with concerns in meeting solvency requirements, reducing surplus strain, and managing risk. Methods and procedures that companies are using in evaluating and monitoring risk and in matching assets with emerging liabilities are highlighted.

Description: In session 142OF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss key existing research projects as well as suggestions for new projects. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.