A.M. Best’s Life/Health Rating Division will review new research on the effects of the ongoing historic low interest rate environment on life and annuity insurers in a one-hour webinar on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. ET. Panelists will discuss:
• Challenges life insurers face in achieving target interest spreads
• How reserve adequacy testing of interest-sensitive bushiness could influence statutory reserving
• The impact of reduced investment income on writers of long-term care and long-term disability business
• How the low-return environment is affecting variable annuity hedging programs
• The impact on earnings as companies unlock assumptions, resulting in increases in write-offs for deferred acquisition costs
Challenges life insurers face in achieving target interest spreads
• How reserve adequacy testing of interest-sensitive bushiness could influence statutory reserving
• The impact of reduced investment income on writers of long-term care and long-term disability business
• How the low-return environment is affecting variable annuity hedging programs
• The impact on earnings as companies unlock assumptions, resulting in increases in write-offs for deferred acquisition costs
This seems like an important webinar for my industry colleagues to attend.
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