Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about the various factors to be considered in determining the interest margins for interest-sensitive life insurance, annuities and GICs, i.e. the difference in earned and credited rates including practical considerations. Valuing embedded options in assets and liabilities is also discussed.

Description: This session at the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting looks at liquidity risk including the causes and risk management options. The work of the American Academy of Actuaries Life Liquidity Work Group is reviewed. The requirements of New York's Circular Letters ont the subject are discussed.