Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the June 2017 issue of Product Matters published by the Product Development Section.

Description: Article Description * “Agile” development is all the buzz in the IT world. You may have heard your IT teams talk about scrums, sprints, and the war room and wondered if they were playing a strange new sport. Or perhaps you are already applying agile techniques in your product development. This article will discuss what agile methodology is, pros and cons, and how you might apply it to insurance product development.

Description: Recent and upcoming changes to U.S. statutory reserving rules are expected to impact term insurance prices. This article is an analysis on what that impact might be.

Description: Administration system updates and conversions. Legacy systems and their associated problems. Continued low interest rates and in-force policy management actions affecting policyholder behavior. These are but a few of the taxation challenges facing insurers managing the growing complexity of their businesses.<p> Presenters will consider these and other product taxation-related issues, highlighting ways insurers have sought to address them, their impacts, and potential mitigation strategies

Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the March 2017 issue of Product Matters published by the Product Development Section