Description: Small Company Update on XXX by James N. Van Elsen from Small Talk Newsletter, December 1998, Issue No. 12.

Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, December 1998, Issue No. 12.

Description: This article discusses how the proposed actuarial guideline XYZ attempts to address secondary guarantees on minimum nonforfeiture values.

Description: This article summarizes the activities of an industry group to develop alternatives to the impending XXX regulation. Five subcommittees will work on technical issues and a recommendation will be presented to the Life and Health Actuarial Task Force.

Description: This article discusses the Regulation XXX, the loss of significant sales in the term market and the following products designs which have been cited as possible abuses of the regulation: 1 Universal life products with shadow, 2 Non-guaranteed guarantees, 3 Guaranteed dividends, 4 Guaranteed refunds, 5 Re-entry, 6 P & C Insurance. The LHATF is considering new actuarial guidelines to address these issues.

Description: This article addresses the 2001 CSO Mortality Table and the implications for preneed insurance, for which the table has been deemed inadequate. The article explores interim measures such as additional reserves, treatment as substandard, and tax implications. There is also discussion of a model NAIC regulation which would mandate the use of 1980 CSO mortality for preneed as well as efforts to eventually establish a new preneed mortality table for valuation and nonforfeiture purposes.

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