Description: Read the March 2017 issue of Product Matters published by the Product Development Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: A brief overview of the development of the Critical Illness product in Canada.

Description: The article discusses the continued popularity of indexed UL insurance and possible reasons why a company's actual indexed UL earnings may be below their original pricing expectations for the product. The article discusses several key items that may be the source of that underperformance (e.g., hedge ineffectiveness, policyholder behavior) and the need to monitor earnings and perform analyses to better understand those potential sources.

Description: A commentary on whether or not the Illustrations Regulation has been successful.

Description: Discussion of recent Society of Actuaries sponsored research.

Description: Discusses Phase 1 survey results from the SOA/RGA post-level term research project.

Description: This article discusses the results of the elections for the SOA Product Development Section Council and introduces the individuals that will be new members of the council for 2014.

Description: Describes the results of the 2015 Product Development section council election as well as providing background on the new committee members.