Description: Discussion of solvency problems and the actuary's role in addressing them in the life insurance industry.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22 , No. 7. This articles explores the dangers posed by many guaranteed-return life insurance and annuity products.

Description: This session discussion is about pricing on a unisex basis, regulatory developments, protecting against adverse selection, pricing considerations and experience analysis. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: This meeting session was presented at the SOA's 1980 Spring Meeting in Minneapolis. It discusses a report of the Federal Trade Commission issued in 1979 related to insurance company practices and business with regards to life insurance. The report lists four consumer problems: low return on savings element, loss of money due to early lapse, high variation in costs of policies among companies suggesting inadequate price competition, ordinary insurance is expensive relative to death protection provided. The report also provided recommendations to correct these issues.

Description: This session reviewed the distinctions and blurring of those distinctions between group and individual life insurance. Topics include differences in underwriting, legal constraints, marketing and distribution, and the nature of guarantees provided

Description: This article is about the design and growth of the new variable life and annuity products.

Description: This 1978 session focused on individual life product development. Topics included: 1. Policy loan rate considerations 2. Federal Income Tax considerations 3. Inflation recognition 4. Determining interest rate for nonforfeiture values and reserves 5. Reserve valuation method impact 6. Innovation in asset share techniques 7. State approvals and disapprovals 8. Disclosure 9. New products - Term insurance plus deposit funds, Contingent Life, Joint Life, Pension Trust, etc.

Description: The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the long-term trends in the rate of company expansion affect policyholder costs and estimate the amount of the impact. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on repricing the in-force book of business addressed ASB requirements, data gathering, assumption setting, modeling considerations, coordination with financial areas, par versus interest-sensitive products, and communicating results to management.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session was about issues relating to term insurance including product design, pricing, compensation, and reserving issues.