Abstract

Journal of Actuarial Practice

Volume 7, Numbers 1 and 2, 1999


CARVM and NAIC Actuarial Guidelines 33 & 34

Keith P. Sharp

Abstract

Annuity valuation under the NAIC Standard Valuation Law is determined according to methods different from those methods used for life insurance. The CARVM assumption of efficient policyholder selection is clarified under NAIC Actuarial Guidelines  33 and 34 to allow for non-elective (e.g., death) benefits. In particular, Actuarial Guideline 34 is oriented toward variable annuities and prescribes methods to be used in the presence of a minimum guaranteed death benefit. In this paper these methods are examined and illustrated with examples.

Key words and phrases: annuity, elective benefit, valuation, reserves.

Keith Sharp

Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science

University of Waterloo

Waterloo ON N2L 3G1

CANAD


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