Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 55PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. Low new money rates, new reserve requirements and the limited availability of reinsurance solutions have highlighted the risks associated with offering UL secondary guarantees. The panelists discuss the types of risks and emerging practices in risk assessment and pricing of UL secondary guarantees, the current UL market, recent developments in product, and pricing techniques. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This first session in the two-part series focuses on Guidelines XYZ and AXXX and their impact on universal life plans with secondary guarantees versus traditional whole life plans. Industry experts – both panelists and audience participants – discuss and debate the necessity for these regulations, the issues surrounding them, and their impact on product design. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 141IF of the Boston Annual Meeting.