Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. In this session the panelists discussed the new standard valuation law. Areas covered included: 1. Risk of legal liability? 2. Vagueness of actuarial standards? 3. Reliance on other company experts? 4. Consultants versus company actuary perspectives? 5. The science versus the art of the process?

Description: In July 1987, the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Committee on Life Insurance Company Valuation Principles released an exposure draft in which a distinction was made between valuation principles and standards of practice. Rather than including specific standards of practice in the valuation principles themselves, the Committee developed valuation principles to encompass current and future standards of practice. Panelists discuss the work of the valuation actuary in the context of these developments. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1991 Toronto Spring Meeting give an overview of Regulation XXX including its effect on product design, proposed actuarial guidelines, 2001 CSO, X-factor analysis and reinsurance issues.

Description: This is a panel discussion on new and proposed valuation and non-forfeiture standards for individual life insurance including dynamic interest rates, new mortality tables and actuarial opinions.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on the implications of proposed revisions of the standard valuation and nonforfeiture laws. Areas discussed included: 1. A regulator's perspective 2. Applications to Life and Annuities 3. applications to Pensions

Description: 1999 SOA Regional Meeting, Atlanta. In this XXX update panelist discuss: 1. History of XXX. 2. Developments and the impact of changes on the original XXX. 3. Impact of changes on the pricing actuary. 4. A regulatory perspective from a regulator.

Description: This panel discussion is about claim reserves. It focused on: 1. Review of methods and statutory requirements in the establishment of claim reserves for property and casualty, life and health insurance. 2. Discussion of different approaches in casualty and life blanks e.g., incurred but not reported reserves.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting focuses on AIDS including an update on the epidemic and discussion about the actuarial implication of four case studies.

Description: Panelists provide background and updates on a number of statutory issues relating to life and annuity products, including statutory codification implementation, Actuarial Guideline MMMM, Actuarial Guideline AXXX and implications of the movement to the 2001 CSO table. Changes to federal reporting requirements, through the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, are briefly discussed relative to the recent accounting problems in the news. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 78OF of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting covers current reserving requirements for AIDS in the U.S., Canada, and the U. K. Case studies are presented that look at evaluating the AIDS risk and determining the necessary reserves and surplus for the extra mortality.