Description: This article discusses the effects of a reduction in the life valuation interest rate and the adoption of the 2001 CSO table. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: Actuarial Guideline 38 has been one of the most discussed reserving changes in the past year. First proposed in late summer of 2004, several industry groups and LHATF have worked to reach consensus on this issue. The current draft is a compromise, sometimes referred to as the “CEO compromise” since the CEOs of several leading life insurers negotiated the language. 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: This article discusses the reservations small companies may have about the Principles Based Valuation proposal. Instead of prescribed methods, assumptions, and tables for statutory reserves, they would be computed based on actuarial judgment in accordance with standards of practice. of practice.

Description: This article summarizes current regulatory activity discussed at the Spring 2009 meetings of the N.A.I.C. and the National Council of Insurance Legislators.