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.

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.