Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Attendees learn of recent financial reporting activity, including Actuarial Guideline MMMM, the new AICPA Standard Of Practice 'SOP' on Non-Traditional contracts, a new SOP on internal replacements, and treatment of annuities under proposed international accounting standards.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting reviews investment products for the senior market, such as deferred and immediate annuities, mutual funds, and reverse mortgages. Discussion will include product design, pricing administration, regulation, and marketing. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. The panelists in this interactive session not only discuss the newest annuity features, but also explore some socioeconomic trends and how an annuity could be designed to capitalize on those trends.

Description: 1998 SOA Spring Meeting, Maui. Panelists discussed recent product development, tax law changes, and increased competition in the annuity market, and some consequences for reinsurers and annuity writers.