Description: The decrease in interest rates over the last several years has led to decreases in the maximum valuation rate and maximum nonforfeiture interest rate, and companies need to prepare for these changes.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. This paper examines the trends of mortality improvement in the United States for the consideration of the task force set up in 2010 to review the life tables for Group Annuity and the related assumptions for mortality improvement 'Scale AA', using more recent information from the Social Security Administration life tables and data derived from the Human Mortality Database.

Description: Discusses some of the new and different ideas being considered by the Wilcox Committee that is working on the Unified Valuation System, UVS, especially as they relate to smaller companies.

Description: This is a summary of the NAIC meeting held in September of 2008.

Description: This report summarizes a research project examining the proposed principle-based framework for reserves and capital for life insurance. The report is a review and analysis of case studies submitted by participating companies in response to proposed changes in individual life insurance statutory reserve and risk-based capital methodologies.

Description: The article describes how the Smaller Insurance Company Section's Principle-Based Reserves Team is planning to provide information and guidance about principle-based reserves.

Description: The Revenue Act of 1987 amended section 807d2B of the Internal Revenue Code. It established the interest rate used in the calculation of tax reserves to be the greater of the applicable federal interest rate or the prevailing maximum statutory valuation rate for the contract’s calendar year of issue. The amendment is effective for contracts issued in tax years beginning after December 31, 1987. This document shows all the applicable federal interest rates from 1998 - 2009.

Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session is about life and annuity valuation issues, particularly Standard Nonforfeiture Law, XXX, the Annuity Valuation Task Force activities, and separate accounts.