Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting provides information on insurance company ratings including the Moody's rating: the process, quantitative measures, qualitative rating, and the level of surplus. Other issues are the reliance on credit agencies for GIC buyers and how organizations use the ratings. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about regulatory aspects , administrative aspects, financial reporting issues, Canadian products.

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.