Description: Discusses the purpose, goals, makeup, and initial accomplishments of the Emerging Issues Advisory Group, EIAG.

Description: This article from The Actuary Magazine discusses the paper issued by the Emerging Issues Advisory Group on fair value liabilities. A change in the method used for financial reporting is on the way. The questions, what are the changes and what they mean to you are answered here.

Description: Two recent SOA research projects will be discussed. The first covers analysis of the drivers of mortality that shaped trends in US mortality. The second will look at using causes of death to predict future mortality improvements

Description: In session 75 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists explore practical considerations of maintaining compliance with federal income tax definition of life insurance rules. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Discusses: [1] the term-insurance marketplace and the reinsurance thereon, both past and present, [2] the changing reinsurer-client relationship, [3] the evolving reinsurance and direct marketplaces, and [4] the interrelationships between those two marketplaces. Significant discussion about AIDS risks in Q&A. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This column outlines the activities and events in the planning stages for 2010 for the section.

Description: Book review of the latest edition (4th) of Life, Health, and Annuity Reinsurance by John Tiller, Jr and Denise Fagerberg Tiller

Description: Papers: Does Migration Result in Mortality Improvement: A Case Study in Taiwan – Chih-Kai Chang – Feng Chia University; Jack C. Yue – National Chengchi University; Yen-Wen Chen – Feng Chia University Mortality Trends – An International Perspective – Adrian Gallop, FIA – Government Actuaries Department

Description: In this Forward to the Product Development Section Monograph M-AS99-3, the authors reflect on the changes that have occurred during the first 50 years of the SOA and introduce the selected articles that reflect the forces of change in product development work.

Description: The outgoing chair of the section lists accomplishments, thanks the council and volunteers who have helped, and promotes the upcoming ReFocus conference.