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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • DOL Fiduciary Regulation - Where are We Now?
    DOL Fiduciary Regulation - Where are We Now? This article provides an update on Department of Labor's fiduciary regulation for retirement plans/investors focusing on a July 2017 request ...

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    • Authors: Susan Krawczyk
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Publication Name: News Direct
    • Topics: Annuities>Group plans - Annuities; Annuities>Marketing and distribution - Annuities; Annuities>Product development - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation
  • Measuring Benefits of Variable Annuity Volatility Management Techniques
    Measuring Benefits of Variable Annuity Volatility Management Techniques We analyze how volatility management techniques in VAs affected policyholders and insurance companies Enterprise Risk ...

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    • Authors: Raghu Ramachandran, Aaron Sarfatti
    • Date: Aug 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Enterprise Risk Management
  • Legal Notes
    Legal Notes This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1958. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28. Marketing and ...

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    • Authors: B. M. Anderson
    • Date: Oct 1958
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Life Insurance
  • Structured-Note Annuity: A Niche Industry Is Born with Endless Possibilities
    Structured-Note Annuity: A Niche Industry Is Born with Endless Possibilities Structured-note annuities provide a retirement solution for the masses while allowing effective hedging and balance ...

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    • Authors: Gregory Henke
    • Date: Apr 2014
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities>Fixed annuities; Annuities>Product development - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities
  • Applying GAAP toGMDBs
    Applying GAAP toGMDBs Applying GAAP to GMDBs in Variable Annuities. by Karen Sasveld and David Heavilin from The Financial Reporter, September 2001, Issue No. 47. Annuity reserves;Guaranteed ...

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    • Authors: David C Heavilin
    • Date: Sep 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Modeling Variable Annuity Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits
    Modeling Variable Annuity Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits Discussion of the biases understatement of risk/reserves that arise when aggregating cells in modeling Variable Annuity Minimum ...

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    • Authors: Donald A Skokan
    • Date: Sep 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
  • Variable Annuity: Risk Management Through Breakthrough Product Innovation
    Variable Annuity: Risk Management Through Breakthrough Product Innovation Current risk management approaches for variable annuity business are not working very well in today's market ...

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    • Authors: Xiaokai Shi, Yungui Hu
    • Date: Sep 2009
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Risk Management
    • Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Enterprise Risk Management