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  • Formulae for the Determination of Interest Rates in an Annuity Certain
    Formulae for the Determination of Interest Rates in an Annuity Certain Often an investor is offered an annuity for a fixed purchase price. The computation of the yield rate implied by this ...

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    • Authors: Murray Silver
    • Date: Jan 1982
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
    • Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities
  • Pricing in a Low Interest Rate Environment
    Pricing in a Low Interest Rate Environment The decrease in interest rates over the last several years has led to decreases in the maximum valuation rate and maximum nonforfeiture interest rate, ...

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    • Authors: Terry Long
    • Date: Mar 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Life Insurance>Non-forfeiture benefits; Reinsurance>Product development - Reinsurance
  • IRS Issues Ruling Applying Diversification Rules to Illiquid Funds
    IRS Issues Ruling Applying Diversification Rules to Illiquid Funds Discussion of the March 1, 2013 Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) release of PLR 201309011, which addresses the application of ...

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    • Authors: Bryan W Keene, Alison R Peak
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Taxing Times
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Finance & Investments>Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting
  • EXPOSED! Variable Annuity Stochastic Requirements
    EXPOSED! Variable Annuity Stochastic Requirements discussion of the ongoing developments in reserving and risk-based capital RBC requirements for variable annuities including stochastic scenario ...

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    • Authors: James W Lamson
    • Date: May 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Public Policy
  • Legislative Developments
    Legislative Developments This article provides an update on various legislative and regulatory activities including, allowing individual variable annuities, federal standard for fiductiary ...

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    • Authors: Albert Pike
    • Date: Apr 1968
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy
  • Joint Life Annuity Formulations
    Joint Life Annuity Formulations Outline of modifications to formulas in previously released FORTRAN program to compute two-life annuities, including those designated 'qualified joint and ...

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    • Authors: Samuel Cox
    • Date: Jan 1978
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Technology & Applications
  • The New Model Valuation and Nonforfeiture Laws
    The New Model Valuation and Nonforfeiture Laws This is an article on statutory maximum valuation interest rates, the second of three articles outlining the new Model Valuation and Nonforfeiture ...

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    • Authors: John O Montgomery
    • Date: Feb 1982
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities; Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Non-forfeiture benefits
  • Measuring Interest Rate Spread
    Measuring Interest Rate Spread The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 2. This article discusses how the the choice of basis for measuring Interest Rate Spread impacts pricing and accounting for interest ...

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    • Authors: Selig Ehrlich
    • Date: Feb 1988
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Actuaries Hold A Strong Hand In The Solvency Game
    Actuaries Hold A Strong Hand In The Solvency Game Discussion of solvency problems and the actuary's role in addressing them in the life insurance industry. Risk-based ...

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    • Authors: John Palmer
    • Date: Nov 1993
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance
  • Economic Capital: A Case Study to Analyze Longevity Risk
    Economic Capital: A Case Study to Analyze Longevity Risk In this article, the author discusses the capital shortfall an insurer faces because of the longevity risk on immediate annuities. Annuity ...

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    • Authors: Stuart Silverman
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Annuities>Payout annuities; Enterprise Risk Management