Description: An analysis of US population mortality trends and the impact of COVID.

Description: This is an article about The SOA’s Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses CLICE and its completion of its fourth inter-company study of expenses for individual life and annuity business issued in the United States.

Description: Results of the 2005 inter-company study of expenses for individual life and annuity business conducted by the SOA’s Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses, CLICE.

Description: Two valuation proposals have occupied the regulatory agenda this year—the ACLI Interim Proposal and SVL II or the Principles Based Approach PBA to reserving. This article summarizes the ACLI Interim Proposal to the current Standard Valuation Law which allows a new preferred mortality table to be used and changes Actuarial Guideline 38 to allow lapse.

Description: This article highlights GRET, the Generally Recognized Expense Table, which was included in the Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: This article summarizes some of the areas of concern in developing equity-indexed annuities for small companies.

Description: This past December the NAIC adopted the 2001 CSO mortality table. Now things will get interesting as the states consider when they will adopt the table

Description: This is an article about the new 2001 CSO Valuation Mortality Table for new product development. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: This article discusses the new valuation concepts under Regulation XXX and the practical issues that need to be addressed by companies.

Description: Discusses recommendation to NAIC Accident & Health Working Group, that is now under review. Also recommends reserve standard to use in the interim.