Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This presenters in this session discussed the impact of lower interest rates. In 1993 the Moody's Aaa Corporate Yield were near 8%. Questions raised: • Are lower interest rates here to stay? • What are the product development implications? • What are the market share implications? • Are we recognizing the disintermediation risk?

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting reviews developments in savings product design including equity-indexed annuities, CD-type annuities, the market value adjusted market, an assessment of purchasing trends and developments in other countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.