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Session 15: The Science Behind a Successful Retirement
Session 15: The Science Behind a Successful Retirement Through much of the Baby Boomer generation's working lifetime, retirement planning focused on asset accumulation. Strategies like ...- Authors: Nicholas Carbo, Joshua Chee, Douglas Robbins
- Date: May 2019
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Topics: Annuities
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Thoughts on the Enhanced Earnings Death Benefit
Thoughts on the Enhanced Earnings Death Benefit The 1990s saw the rise of many types of variable investment products within the life insurance industry. It was only natural that hedging ...- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Jan 2002
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities
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What's Backing Your Guarantee?
What's Backing Your Guarantee? 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. This discussion looked at individual life insurance and annuity products and the risks these guarantees ...- Authors: Carl Friedrich, John P Glynn, Douglas Robbins
- Date: Oct 2004
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Life Insurance
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Variable Annuity Risk and Seeking “The Perfect Hedge”
Variable Annuity Risk and Seeking “The Perfect Hedge” Discussion of possible hedging strategies for offsetting the investment risk for variable annuities, especially those with guaranteed ...- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Jul 2003
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities
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The Happiness Hedge
The Happiness Hedge This article helps illustrate that a guaranteed income stream in retirement has much more value than merely longevity protection. Used properly, a payout annuity is also a ...- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Aug 2020
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Annuities; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks; Pensions & Retirement>Post retirement risks
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Recap of the Modern Pricing Methodologies Seminar
Recap of the Modern Pricing Methodologies Seminar Discussion of topics addressed at pricing methodologies seminar,including a review of the results of the Tillinghast Pricing Methodology Survey.- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Oct 2009
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
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Complex Liability Modeling Issues
Complex Liability Modeling Issues From a teaching session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Discussion of realistic liability models for use ...- Authors: Kenneth Bonvallet, Mike Dorsel, Katharine Young, Douglas Robbins
- Date: Sep 2000
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Velocity of Diversification
Velocity of Diversification This article delves into a new line of statistical thinking of the author, that may be useful for product development actuaries. The key concept is how product design ...- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Jun 2014
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: Product Matters!
- Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics
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Pricing Risk Management
Pricing Risk Management This session from the 2003 Washington D.C. Spring Meeting discusses a variety of risks that need to be considered in pricing life and annuity products. This session also ...- Authors: Keith Dall, David T Henderson, Douglas Robbins
- Date: May 2003
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
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Hot Topics in Fixed Annuities
Hot Topics in Fixed Annuities In session 64PD of the New Orleans Life Spring Meeting Panelists discuss the current market for annuities and different product designs and features. Also covered ...- Authors: Brent Mardis, Douglas Robbins, David Weinsier
- Date: May 2005
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities