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ILTCI 2011-15
Pricing and Assumption Setting in the Current Environment

This session will address the many questions pricing actuaries regularly face:
- What are the recent trends in lapse, interest and the claim cost curve?
- What is the impact of inflation, spousal discount levels, claim utilization and claim payment approaches?
- How broad are the industry definitions for the provision for moderately adverse deviations?
- Improving morbidity and mortality - is there an industry trend and does it apply to your insured population?
- How has aggregate industry experience changed in recent years?
- What considerations are necessary when applying industry tables and studies to your line of business?
- What are the actuarial tools and techniques best practices?
- How should the actuary provide, demonstrate and maintain support for pricing and valuation assumptions?
- Would a standard valuation table benefit the industry?

Speakers: Gagne, Roger   Helwig, Dawn   Schoonveld, Steve   Hanes, Robert   Koklefsky, Barry  
Producers: Schoonveld, Steve  
Specialty Fields: Actuarial
Session Type: Panel Discussion