Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about redetermination of 'Non-Guaranteed Pricing Elements Recommendations', actuarial responsibilities to the various publics relative to nonguaranteed pricing functions and brief status report on Interim Actuarial Standards Board 'IASB' including how this Committee's Exposure Draft affects the IASB.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting discusses the Exposure Draft of the Committee on Theory of Dividends and Other Non-Guaranteed Elements in Life Insurance and Annuities and of other related developments. It also contrasts participating policies to the new universal live and excess interest type products.

Description: This session at the SOA 1982 Colorado Springs Spring Meeting discusses insurance products dividend philosophy. Focus is on implications of AAA and CIA standards, equity among dividend classes, methods of investment income allocation, stock company issues, and treatment of federal income tax.

Description: This panel discussion speculates about the coming decade. Panelists give their opinions on what might happen to mutual companies with respect to dividend distribution, level of premiums, surplus levels and inflation in general.

Description: Discussion on the future of permanent life insurance. The panel examines whether cash value life insurance will continue in light of uncertain economic future, double digit inflation, competitive term products, replacements, increasing policy loans, attractive alternative savings products and the consumerist/regulatory atmosphere. g. Consumerist and regulatory atmosphere? h. Possible changes in tax, nonforfeiture and valuation laws?

Description: This panel discussion takes an in depth look at SOA and Academy committee proposals on actuarial principles and practices with respect to setting dividends for participating insurance. Discussion centered on equity in distributing surplus and appropriate methods and assumptions.