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NAIC to scrutinize contingent annuities

National Underwriter Life & Health
Topics: Annuities NAIC
Date Published: 11/06/2011
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American Academy of Actuaries Honors Sheldon Summers with Myers Award

  Former chief actuary for the California Department of Insurance recognized for regulatory contributions at the state and national levels WASHINGTON — Nov. 8, 2010 – The American…
Date Published: 11/08/2010
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Feature: Testimony rips into stranger-originated annuities in different ways

National Underwriter Life & Health
Topics: Annuities
Date Published: 06/14/2010
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A little more respect for annuities

AARP Bulletin
Topics: Annuities
Date Published: 06/10/2010
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Actuary to Testify to Insurance Commissioners on Annuities

  What: The American Academy of Actuaries Life Products Committee Chairperson Cande Olsen will be a panelist during an upcoming National Association of…
Date Published: 05/18/2010
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Actuaries to Departments of Labor and Treasury: Annuities Are an Efficient Way to Insure Retirement

  WASHINGTON – May 14, 2010 – The American Academy of Actuaries believes that longevity risk—the risk of living longer than one had financially planned for and thus…
Date Published: 05/14/2010
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Regulator group moves to reign in secondary market for annuities

National Underwriter Life & Health
Topics: Annuities
Date Published: 03/08/2010
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Committee Releases Resource and Discussion Guide on Guaranteed Living Benefits

The Life Experience Committee released a resource and discussion guide, Utilization Assumptions of Guaranteed Living Benefits for Deferred Annuities. The guide suggests some reasons why there may be…
Date Published: 05/09/2024
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Comment / Letter

Subcommittee Comments to Variable Annuities Capital and Reserve Subgroup

The Variable Annuity Reserves and Capital Subcommittee sent comments to the NAIC’s Variable Annuities Capital and Reserve (E/A) Subgroup on the exposure draft of APF 2024-07 that proposes updates…
Topics: Annuities NAIC
Date Published: 05/01/2024
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Issue Brief

Experience-Sharing Lifetime Income Issue Brief

Issue brief authored by the Lifetime Income Joint Risk Committee considering Experience-Sharing Lifetime Income (ESLI), a retirement income approach that shares features of both lifetime annuities…
Date Published: 06/28/2023
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Committee Releases Issue Brief on ESLI

The Lifetime Income Joint Risk Committee released Experience-Sharing Lifetime Income (ESLI), an issue brief considering a retirement income concept now being used in many other countries, which…
Date Published: 06/28/2023
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Annuity Reserves and Capital Work Group (ARCWG) Submits Comment Letter to NAIC Valuation Manual (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup

The Academy’s ARCWG submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup on their Oct 2022 exposure, Requirements for Principle-Based Reserves…
Topics: Annuities NAIC
Date Published: 01/19/2023
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Issue Brief

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee Releases Issue Brief on Various Types of Insured Annuities

The Academy’s Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee released an issue brief that provides a discussion of the various types of insured annuities available to individuals and their potential uses, as…
Date Published: 08/31/2022
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Issue Brief

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee Releases Issue Brief on Qualifying Longevity Annuity Contracts

The Academy’s Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee released an issue brief providing a discussion of Qualifying Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs), which are insured annuities paid out one or more…
Topics: Annuities
Date Published: 08/31/2022
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Work Group Submits Comments on Exposure of Proposed Actuarial Guideline related to Index-Linked Variable Annuities

The Academy’s Index-Linked Variable Annuity Work Group submitted comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on its exposure of a draft…
Topics: Annuities
Date Published: 05/06/2022
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