Description: In session 132 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss the content and status of the draft NAIC Actuarial Guideline ZZZ and the work of the AAA Task Force on Variable Products with Guaranteed Living Benefits. The Black-Scholes option pricing method is also covered. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Presenters in session 147PD of the New York Annual Meeting discuss the new profession of financial engineering and how it relates to what actuaries do. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: In this session 152 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss some of the continuing challenges facing credit disability insurance, and some promising recent trends. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: In this session 36OF of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss and compare the risk management practices used by insurers and by banks. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss recent innovations in the 'special risk' market, the regulatory environment, and pricing issues. Focus is on critical illness insurance.

Description: In session 75 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists explore practical considerations of maintaining compliance with federal income tax definition of life insurance rules. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: The panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting review the Long-Term-Care Intercompany Experience Study plus a non-insured study and model, and how to utilize the supplementary data included.

Description: In session 99I of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss current developments and future trends in the employment marketplace for actuaries. From Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting discuss proposed changes to the NAIC model for Long Term Care Insurance designed to promote initial rate adequacy and decrease the role of rate increases in maintaining profitability.

Description: Critical illness policies pay a large lump sum based upon diagnosis of conditions such as heart attack, stroke, life-threatening cancer, kidney failure, etc. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1, session 119PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting.