Description: The growing aging population presents unique challenges and opportunities, especially for the financial services industry. Presenters will explore the issues with particular focus on demographic challenges, such as age dependency ratios and implications for sovereign debt and public policy. They will also compare and contrast private sector offerings across the globe. In particular, as an example of a super-aging society, presenters will describe how Japanese insurers and pension funds tackle longevity risk.

Description: This report summarizes the results of a Delphi study to identify and debate possible new approaches or Blue Ocean Strategies to acquiring business by life insurers.

Description: This article covers measurement of key actions by presenting an approach to the analysis of direct-mail insurance solicitations.

Description: The article offers a discussion about future products, distribution, insurance laws, and contracts. Some ideas might not be possible today, but it is offered as food for thought.

Description: Discussion of what bank holding companies earned in insurance brokerage fee income in 2008.

Description: This article provides an update on Department of Labor's fiduciary regulation for retirement plans/investors focusing on a July 2017 request for information.

Description: This is a table from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled A Strategic Analysis of the US Life Insurance Industry Part II: Products.

Description: Discussion of how the weak equity environment has led to a growth in the sale of fixed annuities and fixed account allocations within variable annuities. Includes a description of typical product design features and changes in the nonforfeiture laws to accomodate the low interest rate environment.

Description: International case study discussing an innovative distribution method in South Korea.

Description: This article discusses the growing interest in the Preneed market.