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| Time |
Session No.: Theme/Title |
Paper |
Slides |
Speakers |
Session Room |
16:00-18:00 |
Session 3: Solvency Regulation 1 |
5F Concord Ballroom (C) |
Solvency in Europe - Solvency II |
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Steve Taylor-Gooby |
Risk-Based Capital Framework for Malaysian Insurers |
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Kenneth Wong |
16:00-18:00 |
Session 4: IACA |
4F Ohgi |
The Actuary's Evolving Litigation Support Role in the United States |
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Michael L. Toothman |
IFRS - Thinking for Asia's Tomorrow |
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Hideyuki Yoshida
Grace Jiang
Sarjit Singh |
Recent DC Plans & CB Type Design Scheme Trends in Japan |
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Yuzo Fujimoto |
Pension and Other Retirement Benefits - A View on India |
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Liyaquat Khan |
16:00-18:00 |
Session 5: Medical Risk |
4F Nishiki |
Private Health Insurance and Health Actuary in Mainland China |
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Chen Tao
Ye Xiaolan |
Influenza Pandemic and an Actuarial Model That Takes Account Additional Mortality |
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Masakazu Ozeki |
Actuarial Reflections on Pandemic Risk and Its Consequences |
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Henk van Broekhoven |
| Time |
Session No.: Theme/Title |
Paper |
Slides |
Speakers |
Session Room |
8:30-10:00 |
Session 6: Participating Insurance |
5F Concord Ballroom (C) |
Management of Participating Life Insurance Business - Recent Development in Singapore |
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Soman Chan |
The Standard Mortality Table 2007 |
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Tatsuhiro Yamakawa |
The history and the future of policyholder dividends in Japan from the viewpoint of policyholders' benefit |
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Shigemitsu Aoki |
8:30-10:00 |
Session 7: Investment |
4F Ohgi |
Dilution Effects of Executive Stock Option Awards |
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Palahela(Daya) Dayananada |
Building a Simplified Stochastic Asset Liability Model (ALM) for a Malaysian Participating Annuity Fund |
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Seow Fan Chong |
Using your Asset-Liability Management Model to Manage Capital and Risk |
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Richard English
Daisy Ning |
8:30-10:00 |
Session 8: General Insurance |
4F Nishiki |
Takaful and Retakaful: Challenges & Opportunities |
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Tobias Frenz |
Bodily Injury Liability Loss Model & Credibility (In Korea Insurance Case) |
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Heung Ki Jun |
A Study of the Hierarchical Structure of Risk Models and Proposal of a New Approach |
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Yoshitaka Hoshino
Tomohiro Uezono
Eiji Oshima |
10:30-12:00 |
Session 9: International Accounting Standards |
5F Concord Ballroom (C) |
Developments in International Accounting Standards for Insurance Companies |
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David Congram |
A Critique of Fair Value as a Method for Valuing Insurance Liabilities |
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Darin Zimmerman |
10:30-12:00 |
Session 10: Mortality Rates |
4F Ohgi |
Two-Dimensional Mortality Data: Patterns and Projections |
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Keith Miller |
Mortality Models for the Advanced Ages in Japan |
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Akihito Sasaki |
10:30-12:00 |
Session 11: Reserving for General Insurance |
4F Nishiki |
Value-Added Loss Reserving for General Insurance |
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Robert F. Conger |
Claims Reserving in Japanese General Insurance
(1) Estimation of IBNR in Japan ,
(2) Challenging tasks under the International Financial Reporting Standard on IBNR |
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Shigetada Yokoi
Masaaki Hamano |
| Time |
Session No.: Theme/Title |
Paper |
Slides |
Speakers |
Session Room |
8:30-10:00 |
Session 12: Solvency Regulation 2 |
5F Concord Ballroom (C) |
Observation of Risk-Based Capital for Development of Solvency Margin of Thailand |
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Tommy Pichet |
Some Problems of Credit Migration in the Context of Solvency II |
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Tomas Cipra |
Past, Present, and Future of Private LTC Insurance |
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Youn Jin Lee |
8:30-10:00 |
Session 13: Current Status of Pension Systems in Japan |
4F Ohgi |
Redesign of Retirement Benefit, Underlying Issues in Japan |
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Toshiaki Uetani |
Current Situation of Defined Contribution Pension Plans in Japan 2001- 2007 |
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Miki Arimori |
Funding Standards of Corporate Pension in Japan |
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Yohei Iwata |
8:30-10:00 |
Session 14: Information Technology |
4F Nishiki |
IT Skills Standard for Insurance Industry
-Insurance Company Edition of ITSS- |
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Tatsuyuki Masaki |
Role of Actuaries in Internal Control
-From the Information System Point of View- |
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Hidenori Kajiwara |
An Approach of a Japanese Life Insurance Company to Profit Management |


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Hiroshi Ohashi |
10:30-12:00 |
Session 15: Risk Transfer |
5F Concord Ballroom (C) |
On the Insurance Risk Securitization and Its Market Possibility in Asia |
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Kazy Hata |
Risk Transfer: though Actuarial Approach to Reinsurance and It's Pricing |
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Gi Wook Bae |
The ART of Managing Insurance Risk - Alternative Risk Transfer |
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Dennis Chan |
10:30-12:00 |
Session 16: Introduction of Pension Plans |
4F Ohgi |
Characteristics of Japanese Retirement Benefit Plans and Pension Accounting |
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Hiroshi Kojima |
Introduction to Taiwan Pension System |
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Kenneth Shih |
10:30-12:00 |
Session 17: Variable Annuities |
4F Nishiki |
Japanese Variable Annuity Products - Market Development and Related Actuarial Aspects |
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Des Thomas |
VA Guaranteed Options and Risk Management |
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Myung Won Lee |
Strategic and Entrepreneurial Actuary: A Solution for Development of Actuarial Profession and Actuaries' Roles in Indonesia? |
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Iene Muliati |
| Time |
Session No.: Theme/Title |
Paper |
Slides |
Speakers |
Session Room |
13:30-15:30 |
Session 18: Risk Management |
5F Concord Ballroom (C) |
Capital Efficiency for Multinational Insurance Operations |
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Karen Tan |
Risk Management of Life Insurance Liability Reflecting the Service Contract Aspect |
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Shoji Saita |
Enhancing Enterprise Value through Enterprise-Wide Risk Management |
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Maya Baltazar Herrera |
13:30-15:30 |
Session 19: Social Security System |
4F Ohgi |
Several Applications of the Finnish Funding Mechanism |
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Nobuhiro Shimizu |
Does your Pension Fund Reduce Risk for your Company? |
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Luke Seberry |
Role and Problem in the Future in Life Design at Old Age of Public Pension Plan and Corporate Pension |
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Ikuo Katayose |
13:30-15:30 |
Session 20: Insurance Products |
4F Nishiki |
Product Development in China - Products and Processes |
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Cornelius Wertmueller |
Product Development - Things the Actuary should Know and Care about ... |
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Mark Saunders |
Cancer Products in Japan: Impact of Underlying Risk Factors, Screening and Product Design for Guaranteed Premiums |
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Lawrence Tsui |
16:00-17:30 |
Session 21: Roles of Actuaries |
5F Concord Ballroom (A) |
Actuarial Practice in Direct Marketing |
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Na Jia |
The Asian Bancassurance League: Getting in on the Action |
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Ka-Man Wong
Naomi Burger |
16:00-17:30 |
Session 22: Regulation |
5F Concord Ballroom (B) |
Insurance Journey from Nationalization to Privatization in India - A Study |
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Kollimarla Subrahmanyam |
Overview of the Third-Sector Products and their Regulations in Japan |
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Hiroyuki Iijima |
16:00-17:30 |
Session 23: Measurement of Risk |
4F Nishiki |
Rapid Valuation of Insurance Contracts with Options and Guarantees Using Smart Modeling Techniques |
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Tivon Jacobson
Michael Freeman |
Using a Market-Consistent Approach to Managing Your Asian Business |
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James Creedon |