Description: Panelists discuss the Interim Actuarial Standards Board [IASB] recommendations, ratified by the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Actuaries and effective January 1987, concerning the determination or re-determination of non-guaranteed charges and/or benefits for life insurance and annuity contracts. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: Panelists discuss compliance with the 1987 NAIC Convention Blank requirements regarding products with non-guaranteed elements [NGEs]. Discussion includes: [1] explanation of the new requirements, [2] results of a survey of actual responses to NGE interrogatories by companies in their statement filings, [3] actuaries' compliance-related questions to the American Academy of Actuaries Task Force on Non-guaranteed Elements, and [4] the use of NGEs in sales illustrations. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting focuses on adding a new line of business in an established company, reasons to consider adding a new line, the resources needed for the line and the performance measures to assess profitability. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 1.