Description: The failure of a few large life insurers in the early 1990's led to public concern about the safety of annuities purchased by qualified retirement plans. As a result, the Department of Labor issued guidelines, known as the 'Safest Annuity Rule,' for selecting annuity providers. This study examines whether the Safest Annuity Rule is significantly changing the market for insured annuities issued to tax-qualified pension plans, particularly upon the termination of defined benefit plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1997-98 Reports.

Description: Expert discussion of three previous papers: Makeham-Type Mortality Models Mumpar-Victoria, An Extreme Value Analysis of Advanced Age Mortality Data Robertson, and Living to 100 and Beyond: An Extreme Value Study Han. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.

Description: Chairperson's column for the October 2020 issue of Taxing Times with thoughts on the effects of COVID-19 on the Taxation Section.

Description: Papers: Multi-Population Longevity Models: A Spatial Random Field Approach– Nhan Huynh, Mike Ludkovski, Ph.D. - University of California at Santa Barbara, Howard Zail - Elucider, LLC. The Application of Affine Processes in Cohort Mortality Risk Models – Zhiping Huang, Michael Sherris, FSA, FIAA, FIA, Andres M. Villegas Ramirez, Ph.D., Jonathan Ziveyi, Ph.D. - UNSW Australia

Description: Papers: Rotation of the Age Pattern of Mortality Improvements in European Union Member States – Peter Vekas Corvinus University of Budapest Short and Long Term Dynamics of Cause-specific Mortality Rates Using the Cointegration Analysis – Severine Arnold, Ph.D.; Viktoriya Glushko – University of Lausanne

Description: Presented for discussion are two research reports: Public Employee Retirement Plans Research: Experience Studies, Valuation Reports and Unfunded Liabilities, and Pension Plan Termination in Ontario since 1988. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Experts' discussion of mortality laws and models. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.

Description: These are the discussant comments from Session 1A: Data Sources and Analysis from the January 4-6 2017 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando.

Description: Panelelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discuss a range of issues related to the Health Plan Employer Effectiveness Data Information Set [HEDIS] including benefit choices and performance measures.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss the purpose and expectations for medical savings accounts [MSA] at the time the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted, and whether these expectations have been achieved.