Description: Feature article that gives updates from the NAIC Winter National Meeting in regard to PBA.

Description: Information regarding the Economic Scenario Generator to be used when calculating Principle-based reserves and implementing VM20.

Description: The Reinsurance Section, Product Development Section and the Committee on Life Insurance Research are pleased to present results from a company practice survey of individual life insurance accelerated underwriting. Performed by a Milliman team led by Al Klein and Karen Rudolph, the study provides perspectives from both direct life insurance companies and reinsurers. Among the areas addressed include the structure of accelerated underwriting programs, how programs are monitored, how accelerated underwritten business is performing relative to expectations and how companies are considering accelerated underwriting cohorts in the context of VM-20 assumption setting.

Description: Discussion of progress made at the NAIC Fall National Meeting on amendments to the Standard Valuation Law, the Valuation Manual - particularly with regard to principles-based reserves, and The Academy of Actuaries work on Risk Based Capital re C-e Phase III.

Description: Summarizes the efforts to complete the Valuation Manual by March 2010, for the NAIC's March meeting.

Description: Update on State Adoption of SVL, NY Reg 147, 179, LICONY's response, ACLI small co exemption proposal

Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, June 2002, Issue No. 18.

Description: Key excerpts from research recently performed by Milliman consultants for the SOA on the impact of VM-20 on life insurance product development.

Description: This article addresses the expected impact that the 2001 CSO table will have on pricing and product structure for UL plans.

Description: This report summarizes a research project examining the proposed principle-based framework for reserves and capital for life insurance. The report is a review and analysis of case studies submitted by participating companies in response to proposed changes in individual life insurance statutory reserve and risk-based capital methodologies.