Description: In session 132 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss the content and status of the draft NAIC Actuarial Guideline ZZZ and the work of the AAA Task Force on Variable Products with Guaranteed Living Benefits. The Black-Scholes option pricing method is also covered. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: From session 75CS at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999, Presenters identify issues and challenges faced by the valuation actuary when performing cash-flow testing on equity-indexed and variable products.

Description: This session is about the measurement and management of the risk of transfers by plan participants to and from alternative investment options within GICs sold to 401 k plans. Includes a discussion of the various types of GICs marketed.

Description: Panelists discuss the U.S. statutory and GAAP reserving, and risk-based-capital [RBC], requirements associated with guaranteed minimum death benefits [GMDBs], guaranteed living benefits [GLBs], and enhanced-earnings riders available with variable annuity [VA] contracts. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 142OF of the Boston Annual Meeting.