Description: This Specialty Guide is designed to be a source of information for practitioners interested in: learning more about the subject of Economic Capital - definition, uses, tie-in to RBC and calculations - finding out about current market practices in this area, and getting acquainted with available literature on this topic.

Description: This literature guide focuses on the distribution costs, especially the field compensation costs, that are incurred through the traditional general agency, branch office or brokerage structures for individual life, annuity and disability products.

Description: When it happens that a corporate acquisition turns out to be unsatisfactory to the acquiring company, or a merger fails to produce the expected benefits, it often is the case that the initial investigations and financial analyses were not done well. This guide references materials that will provide an overview of the field of mergers and acquisitions.