Description: The second part of a roundtable discussion on principals-based approach [PBA] and the life insurance industry, in this part discussing mortality experience studies. The first part appeared in the August/September 2008 issue of The Actuary.

Description: This article is about junk assets. Insurance companies own over one third of the junk assets in the U.S. which has raised concerns and caused certain states to enact laws or regulations regarding junk investments.

Description: Article from The Actuary, December 1998 – volume 32 - Issue 10 that provides a short summary on the SOA finances provided by the treasurer.

Description: New York’s Regulation 126 effectively requires all companies doing business in New York to file an actuarial opinion and memorandum on their annuity and GIC business. This article attempts to answer 13 of the most commonly asked questions about this regulation.

Description: This article summarizes the results of the first part of a U.S. Appointed Actuaries survey asking about the usefulness of the various documents that have been created to guide valuation actuaries.

Description: This article talks about cash flow testing, a frequently used type of asset adequacy analysis required by the revisions to the Standard Value Law SVL. It describes how cash flow testing can be used to look at reserve adequacy in different interest rate environments or evaluate problems with certain assets.

Description: This article reviews the results for the 1997 Society of Actuaries 1997 fiscal year.

Description: Summary of Part II of the survey of Appointed Actuaries, sponsored by the American Academy of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Financia1 Reporting and the Society of Actuaries Financial Reporting Section, which asked appointed actuary various questions on methodology and assumptions employed for asset adequacy testing.

Description: This article is about equity indexed products sold by insurance companies, the regulatory scrutiny they are generating, and the initiatives being taken by actuaries to resolve these issues and concerns.