IMSA – Insurance Marketplace Standards Association cefli.org imsaethics.org/ Speaking from my IMSA experience, there’s a lot of emphasis on internal replacements, replacement activity, trying to meet those definitions, and track that activity, but beyond that, not much is captured in the applications. But at some companies that I’ve talked to, there’s a real concern about…

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JCT – The Joint Committee on Taxation jct.gov/ 2023 – JCT – https://www.jct.gov/getattachment/b2168cb1-1026-4e58-9f62-65802dddfa79/x-51-23.pdf Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation Chapter 23 – Records of the Joint Committees of Congress 1789-1968  1989 1016 – Report – Taxation of Life Insurance Companies –  By the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) – Background – 52p-GooglePlay jct.gov/publications/?subject_name=Insurance+%26+Finance jct.gov/publications/?subject_name=Insurance%20%26%20Finance&it=content&hawkfeatured=json&pg=21 1978 1978…

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Actuarial Guideline 38 However, it was by no means apparent to many of us in the industry who would be most affected. In fact, when I learned of this movement in mid-summer, I called many of the larger writers of universal life products with secondary guarantees, and they told me that they had no knowledge…

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Actuarial Principles The AAA group is looking at determining reserves based on actuarial principles, i.e. judgment. [Bonk: AAA = American Academy of Actuaries] 2004-4, NAIC Proceedings

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Life Insurance Cost Comparison Task Force – NAIC 1975-2 NAIC Proc.  Life Insurance Cost Comparison (C3) Task Force: Research Project Reports Available, May, 1975 PROJECT REPORTS Research Project One (Production of a life insurance cost data base in cooperation with the Antitrust Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee.) Portions published by the Antitrust Subcommittee…

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CIDWG – Consumer Issues Disclosure Working Group – (A) – NAIC CIDWG – Consumer Issues Disclosure Working Group – (A) – NAIC  —  [BonkNote] Focus Groups Product Development Task Force – NAIC    Bill Hager, Chair, Iowa Insurance Commissioner 1990-1A, NAIC Proceedings – NAIC / LIMRA – Universal Life Disclosure Form Test Market Results – CIDWG…

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Guaranteed Gross Premium Guaranteed Maturity Premium (GMP) For purposes of determining the guaranteed gross premiums used in the demonstration in Section 6.B.2: For universal life policies, the guaranteed gross premium shall be the premium specified in the contract, inclusive of any applicable policy fee, or if no premium is specified, then the level annual gross…

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Reserves Principles-Based Reserves – PBR Premiums and Benefits – Reserves Benefit Reserves CRVM modified reserve systems soa.org/globalassets/assets/library/research/transactions-of-society-of-actuaries/1967/january/tsa67v19pt2dn5410.pdf Natural Reserves PBR Policy Reserves Terminal Reserves 2013 0917- ThinkAdvisor – ACLI calls Lawsky’s letter on reserves ‘irresponsible’, By Elizabeth D. Festa – [link] In a letter to state insurance commissioners, the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI)…

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