Description: Panelists: [1] provide an overview of embedded value [EV] and appropriate assumptions, and a comparison with fair value [FV], [2] discuss the various stages of management usage of EV, and [3] review a company's recent actual use of EV across products and for the purpose of determining optimal product mix. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 91PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This session will review limited fluctuation credibility, and how to apply that approach to a GLM. Alternative credibility approaches through the lens of ASOP 25 will also be discussed.

Description: This presentation, session number 79PD, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 16-18 in Seattle. The panelists examine the history, growth, and the purpose of mutual life insurance companies, and the current interest in demutualization and the formation of the mutual holding company. They look at the current changing conditions—legal, economic, and market, and the search for alternative ways to access the capital markets. Topics include company management, advisors, regulators and their concerns, and recent activities among supporters and opponents of mutual company structure. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of the fastest-growing digital health data categories, with over 90% of carriers using or evaluating EHRs for underwriting, according to a recent Munich Re survey. This session brings you up to speed on the current (and future) state of EHRs.