Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses the proposed new valuation table and how it affects future product development and design.

Description: This discussion covers an update on mortality research. Specifically, it highlights the long term conditional survival of cancer patients, recent trends in the mortality of the aged, parametric models for life insurance mortality data, and shares an exposure draft of the derivation of the 1983 table A for individual annuity valuation. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 The panel provides an update on the status of the Factors in the Risk Selection Techniques Study.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Some companies are planning to increase sales and lower expenses by packaging the sale of long-term-care coverage with complementary products. Life and annuity combinations, market positioning, product features and product development issues are discussed.

Description: Panelists discuss the background and history behind NAIC Guideline 33, including changes from the original AG 33 to the new one. Also included are numerical and graphical examples to illustrate the intent of the new Guideline 33. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. The panel identifies the risks in annuity products and the product development and reinsurance actions that can enable an insurer to manage the risks.

Description: Panel member briefly review the collecting and analyzing of the data and the status of the disability valuation tables. They describe special characteristics of the proposed tables and compare the results with the CDT table and the most recent data published in the 1979 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Guidelines for the Reporting of Self-Administered Reinsurance, What are the proposed guidelines, Why are they necessary, How will ceding companies be affected, What is the impact of recent auditing and U.S. Tax law developments.

Description: From a session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 A brief review of how the 1995-2000 individual life mortality experience study and 2002 individual life and annuity expense study were developed, followed by key observations, interpretations and emerging trends.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Presenters offer a preview of an actual Course 7 dealing with applied modeling.