Description: The modern valuation manual steps up the need for actuaries to know and apply statistics. If your recall of common actuarial statistical techniques is more than one standard deviation below the mean, this session will provide the lift you need.

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: Discusses the recent developments with RBC requirements. At the forefront of the RBC changes is the stochastic exclusion test.

Description: Discusses the VM-20 impact testing to be done by 25 insurers.

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

Description: Article outlining the recent activity of the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force LATF VM-20 Subgroup activities and the Academy’s Life Reserve Working Group dealing with feedback from the VM-20 impact study.

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

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

Description: Focusing on the topic of Principle Based Reserves (PBR), the SOA offers on-demand education. The PBR series consists of ten micro-lessons providing foundational education on PBR and requirements of VM-20.