Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses the developments with regard to reinsurance response to New York Regulation 147 and Guideline XXX. It covers the kinds of terms products sold today and the impact of Guideline XXX on those, a 10 year term product and the options of reinsurance that are available. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about banks selling insurance around the world. Topics included: 1. Insurance sold through banks in the United States. 2. The bank assurance players in Australia and Southeast Asia, their business strategies, the market shares that they've obtained, the types of products they sell, and their distribution methods.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. Noting that “within the life insurance industry there is increasing skepticism as to whether illustrations of projected policy values will be met,” the panelists discuss the Illustration Problem. They consider whether the problem is real, and whether current disclosure standards are inadequate. Other topics include whether it is possible to design an understandable method which cannot be manipulated, what responsibilities actuaries have in developing adequate standards, and regulatory activities. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses the factors to review in re-pricing life products, insurers' methods for monitoring in-force business, and the importance of re-pricing in-force business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.