Investment Year Method: Aligning Renewal Credited Rates with Investment Strategy
May 2019
The Society of Actuaries Committee on Finance Research is pleased to make available a research report that explores investment year methodology to set renewal credited rates. An Excel workbook has been created as a teaching aide to accompany the report. By changing the input parameters, the user can better see how adjusting them impacts the renewal credited rates. The report and spreadsheet were authored by Max J. Rudolph.
Material
Investment Year Method Excel Workbook
Please note that the Excel Workbook has been deliberately left unlocked to enhance its intended use as an educational tool. Users should ensure that any alterations they make to the workbook are appropriate for their own educational purposes. No support from the SOA is provided for any user alterations.
Thank You
The SOA would like to thank the following individuals for serving on the Project Oversight Group:
Steve Hodges
Dennis Radliff
Nate Deboer
Rich Owens
Steve Siegel, SOA Sr. Research Actuary
Barbara Scott, Sr. Research Administrator
Questions or Comments
If you have comments or questions, please send an email to research@soa.org.
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