Description: On October 30, 2015, the SOA Assumption Development and Governance Group, an informal discussion group consisting of nearly 200 interested actuaries with topics pertaining to actuarial assumption development and governance, organized an industry discussion call on end-to-end assumption documentation practices. The purpose of this call was to generate a large list of ideas for best-practice assumption documentation. More than thirty companies were represented in the call, including direct insurers, reinsurers and consulting firms. This article is the work product of the discussion written by Laurie Li and Alex Zaidlin.

Description: The article highlights key considerations as companies begin to reserve for their IUL products under PBR.

Description: This article explains the issue causing from asset dependency discounting as required by IFRS 17, and proposed some possible methods to solve the issue.

Description: Regular update on Health Section Council activities, focusing on provider payment reform and strategic approach to continuing education.

Description: Recap of the health sessions at the 2014 SOA Annual Meeting.

Description: Provides an overview of India's insurance market and the important role of the actuary.

Description: This report reviews the 2009 - 2013 mortality experience using individual life insurance data

Description: Overview of the newsletter, random musings.

Description: Review of 2010 events and accomplishments of the Untapped Opportunities work group for the Health Section: market research analyzing the perceptions and potential roles of actuaries in the broader health care industry, educational programs on medical and clinical matters, planned research destined to expand brand awareness of health actuaries, and building organizational partnerships.

Description: Case comment on a Québec Superior Court decision rendered on June 13, 2016i.