Procyclical 2006 – IMF – Procyclical Fiscal Policy: Shocks, Rules, and Institutions—A View From MARS – 41p 2009 0504 – Procyclicality – what it means and what could be done, Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France – 6p

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Policyholder Behavior IAIS Question 83: NAIC Response: Lapse risk is an example of an overall important category of policyholder behavior, which is an important risk in a number of products such as universal life and variable annuities.  (p11) 2015 0213 – IAIS – IAIS Insurance Capital Standard Public Consultation Document – Final NAIC comments –…

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Policy Loans Loans LIRP – Life Insurance Retirement Plan Chris H. McElvaine: …I heard another policyholder at the annual meeting mention that he has taken advantage of his 6% policy loan provision. He has reinvested that money with the same company in an RRSP five-year interest certificate bearing a phenomenal rate of interest. Apparently he…

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VAR – Value at Risk Summary: Value-at-risk has received a great deal of attention in recent years as an effective risk management concept. This session examines the basics, including: What is it and how does it work? How much and how is it being used? What are the pros and cons relative to other risk…

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Nature of… The nature of the life insurance industry calls for a relatively conservative investment policy, with safety of principal being of highest importance. —  ROBERT R. WYAND II 1977 – INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND PLANNING, Society of Actuaries – 16p

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ICP 19 – Conduct of Business (COB) – IAIS iaisweb.org///icp-19 iaisweb.org/activities-topics/conduct-and-culture/ 2022 06 – IAIS – Supervisors’ use of key indicators to assess insurer conduct – 22p ….in the United States, the term “market conduct” instead of “conduct of business” is more widely used. 2015 0501 – AAA to IAIS – Committee Comments To IAIS On…

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Reputational Risk I sincerely believe we have a flawed instrument in today’s sales illustrations. …we did not communicate the impact of change as well as  …we should have. Our biggest mistake would be to delay. I don’t believe the consumer will tolerate or forgive us, let alone the regulators, if we do nothing. — Robert…

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Interest Rate Risk – (C-3) In many jurisdictions, insurance companies have expended significant efforts to understand the sensitivity of their investment portfolios to underlying market risks, especially interest rate risk. 2001 11 – BIS / The Joint Forum – Risk Management Practices and Regulatory Capital Cross-Sectoral Comparison – 126p The mismatch between the cash flows…

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Service First of all, I believe there is cause for concern arising from the repeated inferences, both in this paper and elsewhere, that the agent is somehow obligated to provide “service” long after the sale on the policies that he has sold. Certainly the insurer has an obligation to provide such service, but I cannot agree with…

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