Description: This article gives an overview of the first Applied Actuarial Research Conference AARC.

Description: Full version of Product Matters! August 2005, Issue No. 62.

Description: Factors for insurers to consider when developing their first equity-indexed universal life product.

Description: Full version of Product Matters! December 2005, Issue No. 63.

Description: Income i.e., immediate annuities are insurance products that benefit from mortality pooling, so they can generate the highest level of lifetime “income now” per dollar of retirement assets put to work. Including an income annuity as a portion of a retirement portfolio often results in an immediate increase in the level of income generated by that portfolio while at the same time ensuring that a portion of the total income is payable for a lifetime.

Description: What author learned from Toastmasters

Description: As part of its recent change in focus, the Marketing and Distribution MAD Section has undertaken two initiatives which require specialized assistance. The first of these is to identify individuals with expertise and/or a common interest in various areas related to marketing and distribution. The second initiative addresses the broad product development process that surrounds actual product design and pricing.

Description: Recruitment article for the Marketing & Distribution Section written by the Section Chair.

Description: The last few years have seen a dramatic change in the way that insurance products are priced. If we traveled back in time 15 to 20 years, we would see a world where most insurance products were priced on the basis of a few static scenarios. In the last several years, pricing on a stochastic basis has become more mainstream—at least for contracts with embedded guarantees.

Description: A discussion of the theory underlying risk neutral investment scenarios