Description: An update on the principle-based reserves (PBR) process and possible valuation manual adoption, with recommendations to actuaries on how to prepare.

Description: This article addresses the growing need for critical illness insurance in the U.S. and the opportunities for insurance companies in this market. The article discusses product design both as stand-alone health insurance and accelerated benefits on life insurance policies, managing the risk through contract wording, and underwriting.

Description: Author discusses how the proposed new AOMR will affect small companies.

Description: This article describes how to apply the XXX Model Regulation in valuing life insurance policies and the proposed Actuarial Standard of Practice ASOP related the regulation.

Description: This is the first year for appointed actuaries in the United States ot review X factors and evaluate actual morality experience that is emerging. This article atempts to provide a simpified explanation of how Monte Carlo simulation can be used by a small company to evaluate its mortality experience.

Description: Summary of the upcoming activities for the Smaller Insurance Company Section in 2016.

Description: This article views the principle-based methodologies from a future perspective and identifies some inconsistencies in the proposed approach, while presenting some simpler and more consistent alternatives.

Description: Summary of the recommendations of the Society of Actuaries Mortality Study Working Group, whose purpose was to re-evaluate the scope and content of the Society’s mortality experience studies and to develop long term strategic direction.

Description: Discusses how AG 34 provides a clarification of CARVM for variable annuities with MGDB’s.

Description: This article discusses and summarizes the results of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries CIA studies of lapse experience under universal life cost of insurance and term-to-100 policies. Reprinted with permission from Product Matters! June 2008