Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about status of new mortality table developments in the pension arena, impact of new mortality tables on annuity valuations, and the effect of new mortality tables on defined-benefit plan minimum funding and pension expensing.

Description: From session 55PD of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss current topics related to annuities. These topics include Equity Indexed Annuities, persistency, illustrations and product development. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: Panel discusses current topics relating to reserving for deferred annuities, including Actuarial Guideline 33 [formerly GGG], equity-indexed annuities [EIAs], variable annuity minimum death benefit guarantees [MDBGs], and Actuarial Guideline 34 [formerly MMM]. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

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 63 PD at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999, panelists discuss current issues including adoption status and proposals for various regulations critical to product development efforts. Impact of XXX on product design and reserves is also discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: From session 63 PD at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Impact of Regulatory Uncertainty on Product Innovation. Impact of XXX on product design and reserves also discussed. These are Charts 1 & 2 from that session. See separate document for discussion from this presentation.

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: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses industry trends in agent compensation with the intent of retaining and attracting the better performing agents and aligning incentives with desired behaviors, while placing the insurer in an acceptable financial position.

Description: This session 29PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting describes the stochastic modeling framework developed by Canada for valuation and the practical issues encountered in its implementation. An update on developments in the valuation of similar features in the U.S. is also provided to allow a comparison of the approaches being taken in the two countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 29PD

Description: Annuities are presenting ever-greater risks for the direct writers: • Variable annuities with guaranteed minimum and enhanced death benefits and income benefits • Fixed annuities with multi-year rate guarantees are capital intensive • In-force structured settlements have asset portfolios with declining investment yields • The impact to the payout annuity market from lengthening life expectancies From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 146 PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting