Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses alternative retention/replacement strategies such as unilateral enhancements and bilateral updates, the impact of universal life, UL, as an internal replacement, the impact on policy loans and benefit increases and the reinsurers' position on replacements. From Record of the Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: Discusses the drawbacks of using adjusted book value instead of market value for the valuation of common stocks in a non-insured pension plan.

Description: Discusses 1987 changes for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners [NAIC] Blank, NAIC activities, issues important for Canadian actuaries, update on the Valuation Actuary movement, and a brief update on progress by the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about profit analysis and elements of profit such as: interest, mortality, lapse experience, expenses, reinsurance, taxes. It also about use of profit analysis as a business tool to drive management action.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 35, Number 6 - June 2001

Description: Covers current and emerging issues in statutory and GAAP financial reporting in the United States and Canada. One segment focuses on the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB] proposal for a new accounting model for universal life insurance, with comments by a member of the FASB staff. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 36, Number 8 - October 2002

Description: This meeting session from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on allocation of assets and investment income. The discussions included: implications of allocating specific assets to particular lines of business, introduction and management of specific allocation procedures, and the principal allocation methods.

Description: This is a discussion of the current topics in Canadian insurance. Specifically, it discusses product development, financial considerations, management of existing business, and outlook for field force.

Description: Editorial - This article discusses the actuarial opportunities and challenges created by demutualization in Canada. From: The Actuary, January 2000, volume 34, issue 1.