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Dexter, N; Coughlan, A; Bennett R
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Submitted to the Life PEC, 21 March 2012

Accounting Developments - Update Note No 7, March 2012

Authors: Nick Dexter, Anthony Coughlan, Raymond Bennett The seventh of a series of notes covering the deliberations of the IASB on the issue of an isurance standard to replace IFRS 4.  This note covers meetings from 31st May/1 June 2011 to end ... read more >>

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Life Practice Executive Committee
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Briefing statement

Briefing note. With-profits policies

This paper has been prepared by the Actuarial Profession to explain how with-profits policies work. It considers traditional non-pensions endowment policies in some detail and examines the main differences between these and other types of policy. ... read more >>

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Life Practice Executive Committee
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Briefing statement

Briefing note. Annuities

This briefing note explains: how annuities work; how the annuity market works; how insurers price annuities and where they invest the funds. The paper then explores some of the current issues in the annuity market, including whether annuities provide fair ... read more >>

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Life Insurance Practice Executive Committee
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Briefing statement.

Briefing note. Income drawdown

This paper has been prepared by the Actuarial Profession to explain how income drawdown works. It defines income drawdown, compares it with annuities and examines in some detail the risks associated with this type of plan, BRIEFING NOTE Income ... read more >>

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Life Board
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Briefing statement.

Briefing note. With-profits endowment payouts

This briefing note has been prepared by the Actuarial Profession to explain what is happening to with-profits bonus rates and what might be expected to happen to endowment policy payouts in the future. It looks at how with-profits policy payouts are ... read more >>