Description: Federal Tax Issues Under the 2001 CSO Mortality Tables

Description: A discussion about how insurance companies weathered the storm of low interest rates in 2003.

Description: Discussion of an Actuarial Guideline dealing with the regulation of minimum cash values for return of premium term, a new product in life insurance.

Description: Discusses the results of the SOA’s 2009 UL secondary guarantee study conducted by the Policy Behavior in the Tail PBITT working group.

Description: Letter to the editor from a reader regarding a previous article titled, “Is This Correction Good For Life Insurance,” with a response from the author of the article.

Description: Discussion of the upcoming reinsurance industry event: ReFocus 2010.

Description: This article is based on a recent high face amount mortality study completed for the SOA. The data was derived from the Milliman Industry Mortality Study and Analysis (MIMSA), a recent comprehensive life insurance industry study of mortality and lapse. There were a number of interesting findings in the high face amount study, several of which are discussed in this article.

Description: Life reinsurance activity in Bermuda has experienced rapid growth in recent years. This article explores the key drivers of this growth.

Description: This article suggests Dodd-Frank's financial reform legislation doesn’t go far enough to reduce systemic risk. Paper provides suggestions that would improve outcomes if built into the regulations.

Description: This 2000 word essay won the Joint Management Risk Section 2016 Essay Prize, summarizing the present challenges, potential solutions and Actuarial opportunities.