Description: AG 49 pertains to illustrated life insurance products with a crediting rate tied to an index. The guideline discusses the maximum illustrated credited rate and format changes to illustrations.

Description: The article highlights key considerations as companies begin to reserve for their IUL products under PBR.

Description: This session meets the needs of life insurance actuaries who are focused on experience studies, assumption setting, and/or product development. The presenters will use industry data to illustrate how policyholders react to product design, such as premium jumps in the PLT period and UL with high interest rate illustration, and trends in the life insurance market, including the introduction of smoking distinguished rates and the shift towards an increasing number of preferred underwriting classes.

Description: In this video, Ryan Kiefer from Deloitte Consulting introduces the concepts of mortality and longevity risk in the life insurance and annuity industry. He explains how insurance companies pool and diversify their risk exposure and use reinsurance to limit their losses. He also discusses the impact of broader mortality trends such as medical advances and COVID 19 on the insurance market. Contributors: Ryan Kiefer ASA, MAAA ; Anthony Champi , FSA, MAAA; Ryan Bruner FSA, MAAA; Jon Forster, ASA, MAAA

Description: Summary of recent changes to IRS Section 7702 Interest Rates, and how it will impact the design of life insurance products in the future.

Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the June 2017 issue of Product Matters published by the Product Development Section.

Description: This article describes how actuaries can get involved in section research including participation on a Project Oversight Group (POG).

Description: This article examines potential impacts of old age mortality and how it affects maturity extension riders for universal life.

Description: Key findings from Milliman's 2019/2020 UL/IUL survey. Provides benchmarking for UL/IUL competitors relative to trends in the industry.

Description: Bell is comparing his roles from that of an actuary in the USA to that of an actuary working in Cameroon, for a pan-African insurance company.