Section D Flashcards

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Target Markets

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Strengths and Core Competencies

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Product Development Team

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Ways to Structure Product Development Staff

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Disadvantages of Ad-hoc Product Development Staff

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Buyer Oriented Pricing Strategies

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Competitor Oriented Pricing Strategies

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Product Life Cycle

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CIFP Knowledge Series

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Distribution System Life Cycle

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The Product Development Process

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Various Other Study Notes

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Benefits of Market Research

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Basic Elements of Market Research

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Market Research Sources of Information

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Market Research Types of Information to Gather

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Preliminary Product Design

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Develop Consensus

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Determine Feasibility

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Preliminary Pricing

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Cost Benefit Analysis

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Steps in the Final Product Design

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Pricing Pitfalls

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Common Pricing Variables

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Pricing Permanent Insurance

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Pricing Dynamic Products

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Pricing Dynamic Products Additional Considerations for Flexible Premium UL

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Pricing Dynamic Products Additional Considerations for VUL

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Functional Areas Involved in Product Implementation

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Activities for Product Implementation

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Product Implementation Sales and Marketing Materials

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Product Management & Sales Monitoring and Review

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Required Capital Formula Will Reflect the Following Risks

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Asset Default Risk

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Insurance Risk

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Interest Rate Risk

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Interest Spread Risk

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Other Risk

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Required Capital Formula

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US Risk Based Capital

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Canadian MCCSR

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Australian Liability Requirements

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Margin on Services (MoS) Earnings Reserves

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Solvency Requirement

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Canadian Adequacy Requirement

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European Union Solvency Requirement

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45
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Earnings Formulas

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46
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Basic Questions When Selecting Profit Goals

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47
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Discount Rate will Be Influenced By

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48
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Generalized ROI

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49
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Types of Profit Measures

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

50
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Embedded Value

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

51
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ROI or IRR

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

52
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Profit Margin

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

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ROE

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

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Return on Assets (ROA)

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

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Profit as a Percent of Revenue or Premium Analysis

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

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Accumulated profit as a percentage of reserves

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57
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Breakeven Year

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

58
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New Business Strain

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Life Insurance Costing (LP-114-09)

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Profit Goals Must

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60
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Uses of an Income Annuity

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61
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Types of Income Annuities

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62
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Variable Income Annuities

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LP-105-07 Chapter 7

63
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Advantages of accumulation annuities over investment products

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64
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Types of Accumulation Annuities

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LP-105-07 Chapter 6

65
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CD Annuity

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LP-105-07 Chapter 6

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Two-tiered annuity

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67
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Accumulation Annuity Product Features

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LP-105-07 Chapter 6

68
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Market Value Adjustment

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LP-105-07 Chapter 6

69
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Investment Products

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70
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Mortality Assumptions For Annuities

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71
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Interest and Investment Income Assumptions for Annuities

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72
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Expense Assumptions for Annuities

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73
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Product Cash Flows Differences Annuities vs. Life Insurance

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74
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Reinsurance for Annuities

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75
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Required Capital and Profit Measures for Annuities

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LP-105-07 Chap 6

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Principles of Costing

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Life Insurance Costing Risk Analysis (LP-114-09)

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The Costing Process

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Customer Value Analysis

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Risk mitigation strategies for non-diversifiable risks

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Risk Adjusted Return on Capital

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Product features that will impact the election of policyholder options

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Considerations when modeling products with significant market risk

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Life Insurance Costing Risk Analysis (LP-114-09)

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Fixed Income Crediting Strategies

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Stochastic Modeling Advantages and Disadvantages

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Life Insurance Costing Risk Analysis (LP-114-09)
Stochastic Modeling: Theory and Reality

85
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Effect of Federal Income Tax on ROI and ROE

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Pricing in an ROE Environment

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Reasons a block of business can earn an ROE greater than the company target

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Pricing in an ROE Environment

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Ways to Meet ROE Objectives

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Pricing in an ROE Environment

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Relationship Between ROE and ROI Depends On

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Pricing in an ROE Environment

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How to produce level annual ROE equal to IRR

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Relationship of IRR to ROI on Level Term Life Insurance

90
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Influencing ROE Slope

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Relationship of IRR to ROI on Level Term Life Insurance

91
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Lapse-Supported Pricing

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Lapse-Based Insurance (LP-132-15)

92
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Value Creation for Insurance Companies

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Econ of Insurance How Insurers Create Value (LP-113-09)

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Sources of Frictional Capital Costs

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Econ of Insurance How Insurers Create Value (LP-113-09)

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Elements of Performance Management for Value Creation

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Econ of Insurance How Insurers Create Value (LP-113-09)

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ASOP 2 Recommended Practices

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ASOP 2 Communication and Disclosure

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ASOP 2

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Pitfalls of Traditional Profit Measures

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Risk Based Pricing
Various Other Study Notes

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Risk Based Pricing

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Risk Based Pricing

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Traditional Pricing vs. Risk Based Pricing

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Risk Based Pricing

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Advantages of Risk Based Pricing

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Risk Based Pricing

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Principles-Based Pricing Examples of items that will impact reserves after issue

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Impact of VM-20 on Life Insurance Product Development

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High-Level Summary of VM-20 Requirements

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Impact of VM-20 on Life Insurance Product Development

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Principles-Based Pricing 10-Year Term Case Study

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Impact of VM-20 on Life Insurance Product Development

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Principles-Based Pricing ULSG Case Study

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Impact of VM-20 on Life Insurance Product Development

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VM-20 Implementation Survey

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Impact of VM-20 on Life Insurance Prod Dev - Phase 2

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Impact of VM-20 on Smaller Companies

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Impact of VM-20 on Life Insurance Prod Dev - Phase 2