2002 Boston Annual Meeting Handouts

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the SOA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA held on October 27–30, 2002. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

• Session #1 GS (Handout Not Available)
• General Session
• Peter L. Bernstein
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• Session #3 PD
• Actuarial Employment In The New Millenium
• Michael L. Kaster, Michael J. Corey, Meredith Lego, Larry H. Rubin
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• Session #4 IF (Handout Not Available)
• The International Actuarial Association's Impact On North American Actuarial Foundation
• Curtis E. Huntington
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• Session #5 PD
• The Practicing Investment Actuary
• Kenneth P. Mungan, Jeffery L. Johnson, Daniel J. Manghirmalani, Richard S. Mattison
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• Session #6 PD
• Understanding The Guaranteed Renewable Aspect of Long–Term–Care Insurance
• Steve P. Sperka, Mike T. Rauch, Allen J. Schmitz
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• Session #7 PD
• The Markets For Critical Illness Products
• Susan Kimball, Abraham S. Gootzeit, Tom Ming
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• Session #8 PD
• Implications Of The New CSO Mortality Table
• Nancy M. Kenneally, Barbara R. Gold, Chris Ian Noyes
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• Session #9 PD
• Public Perceptions Of Post–Retirement Risk
• Judy F. Anderson, Matt Drinkwater, Mathew Greenwald, Anna M. Rappaport
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• Session #10 BG
• The Smaller Insurance Company Symposium–Part 1
• Tamora A. Kapeller, Sam Gutterman, Ronald G. Keller, Nancy Westfall Winings
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• Session #11 D
• Reinsurance Or Other Financial Instruments: The Pros and Cons
• Edward Betteto, Lawrence S. Carson, Alex Cowley
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• Session #12 I
• The Potential For Profits With Individual Disability Insurance
• Charles M. Waldron, Eric Berg, Julie A. Burke, Richard J. Pollard
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• Session #13 IF
• Image
• David S. Duncan, Dan Coughlin
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• Session #14 OF
• Debt Cancellation and Deferment: Hot Topics and Issues
• Christopher H. Hause, Hugh Alexander, Thomas A. Durkin
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• Session #15 OF
• Current Topics In GAAP
• David Y. Rogers, David L. Brown, Charles Carroll, Shane Elenbaas, John W. Morris
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• Session #16 OF
• Financial Management Of Catastrophic Risks
• Robert W. Wilson, Claude A. Accum, Mike Lombardi, Thomas G. MacKinnon
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• Session #17 TS
• Prototyping: A Science And An Art
• Mark D.J. Evans, David L. Snell a | b
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• Session #18 WS (Handout Not Available)
• Recent Trends in Dental and Vision Products
• Ronald L Homans, Laurence R. Weissbrot
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• Session #20 SM (Handout Not Available)
• 20th Anniversary Futurism Section Luncheon
• Steven W. Easson, Philip J. T. Cernanec
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• Session #21 SM/PD
• Long–Term–Care Section Luncheon: Trends in the Long–Term–Care Provider Industry
• Loida Rodis Abraham, Karen Stevenson Brown
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• Session #24 PD
• International Accounting Standards
• Mark J. Freedman, David J. Congram, Elizabeth C. Rogalin
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• Session #25 PD
• Financial Reporting Issues For Health Insurers
• Darrel D. Knapp, David L. Brown, John Michael Crooks
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• Session #26 PD
• Update On Health Reinsurance Markets
• Michael Lawrence Frank, Lina S. Cheung, Daniel L. Wolak
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• Session #27 PD
• Managing The Mental/Nervous Risk In Disability Insurance
• Robert B. Hardin, Ronald S. Cooper a | b , Edward Crouch
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• Session #28 PD
• Raising Earnings on Long–Term–Care Insurance Through Asset/Liability Management
• Mark D. Newton, Richard B. Pitbladdo, Larry H. Rubin
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• Session #29 PD
• Help Wanted: Recruiting the Best People
• Tyree S. Wooldridge, David S. Duncan, Vincent J. Granieri
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• Session #30 PD
• Patenting Insurance Products: Making First to Market Really Mean Something
• Tom Bakos, Steve P. Cooperstein, Dean Potter, Nicholas P. Triano III a | b
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• Session #31 PD
• Equity Products in Difficult Times
• Robert K. Leach, Noel Henderson Harewood, Robert K. Leach, Francis P. Sabatini
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• Session #32 PD
• Product Migration and Wealth Transfer
• Anne M. Katcher, Kenneth J. Gelman, David T. Henderson, Anne M. Katcher
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• Session #33 PD
• Health Coverage as Part of Retirement Security: Current Developments
• Brian Harty, Stephen F. Doucette
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• Session #34 PD
• Methods Used By Software Programs To Address Post–Retirement Risk
• Anna M. Rappaport, Marianne V. Leedy, Eric T. Sondergeld
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• Session #35 BG
• The Smaller Insurance Company Symposium–Part 2
• Tamora A. Kapeller, Ed Beller, Thomas L. May, Steven L. Ostlund, Mary Ann H. Peltier
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• Session #36 IF
• The Sky is Falling: Implications of an Economic Collapse
• Michael E. Gabon, Ronald L. Poon–Affat, Jim Toole
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• Session #37 TS
• The RAD Approach: Was Columbus's Mission a Failure?
• David L. Snell, Rick Nolle
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• Session #38 TS
• Developing a Taste for Ground Glass: Applying Scenario Planning
• Philip J. T. Cernanec, William Clifford
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• Session #39 TS (Handout Not Available)
• Synthetic Collateralized Debt Obligation for Life Insurance and Reinsurance Companies
• Craig Fowler, James Hughes, Richard Smith
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• Session #42 TS/D
• Mock Reinsurance Arbitration
• Melville J. Young, Matthew Cyril Fingerhut, Ronald L. Klein, Joseph F. Kolodney, Oscar Scofield, Jack Scott
• Demand Letter–Response Letter–Umpire Letter
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• Session #43 OF
• On the Horizon–How the SOA is Working for You
• Harry H. Panjer
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• Session #44 BG
• Risk Management Buzz Group
• David N. Ingram, Hubert B. Mueller
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• Session #48 SM/L
• Computer Science Section Hot Breakfast 10th Anniversary Party: Introduction to XML
• Susan M. Lee, Jacques Rioux
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• Session #49 SM/BG
• Financial Reporting Hot Breakfast
• John F. Bevacqua, Barry L. Shemin
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• Session #50 S/IF (Handout Not Available)
• Management and Personal Development Section Hot Breakfast: Are You a Strategic Leader?
• Tyree S. Wooldridge, John F. "Jack" McCarthy
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• Session #53 PD
• Impact of Genetic Research on Health Carriers
• J. Craig Burton, Cecil D. Bykerk, Kathy L. Hudson, Bruce S. Pyenson
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• Session #54 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Analyst Views on Major Multinationals
• Hubert B. Mueller, Rodney A. Clark, Colin Devine, Jorge Ramirez
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• Session #55 PD
• Setting Credit Risk Limits
• Jack Z. Reichman, Mark C. Abbott, Scott S. Hartz, Nikunj Kapadia, Hal Warren Pedersen
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• Session #56 PD
• Long–Term–Care Filing Challenge: How to Get It Right the First Time
• James M. Glickman, William Carroll, Kathleen Hamby a | b, Amanda Matthiesen
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• Session #57 PD
• Expanding Product Lines for Nontraditional Distribution
• John M. Fenton, Bret L. Benham, Jeffrey D. Koll
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• Session #58 PD
• Responding to Changing Perceptions of Retirement Security
• Daniel P. Cassidy, Samuel S. Stanley, Elizabeth M. Sylvia
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• Session #59 CS
• Defined Contribution Program Case Studies
• David M. Tuomala, J. Christopher Hall, Daniel R. Plante
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• Session #60 IF
• Does the Syllabus Prepare Us for the Jobs of the Future?
• Ayleene G. Hartman, Jason T. Klawonn, Stuart Klugman, Ethan E. Kra
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• Session #61 I/IF
• Emerging Technology: Its Impact on Insurance Products and Processes
• Steven E. Konnath, Rich Carreau, John C. R. Hele, Chuck Johnston
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• Session #62 IF
• Implementing Quick–Issue Programs: The Product Development Process
• Kevin J. Howard, Boris Brizeli, Rodney Royce Brown, Robert Ireland
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• Session #63 IF
• Fallout from 9/11
• Denis W. Loring, Steven J. Mannik, James R. Senn, William M. Wilt
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• Session #64 ISM (Handout Not Available)
• Education and Research Section––Continental Breakfast
• Curtis E. Huntington
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• Session #64 IF
• Professional Lie–Ability: A Look at Problems Facing Pension Actuaries
• David R. Godofsky, Thomas C. Griffin
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• Session #65 OF
• Association Disability and Life Insurance Programs
• Stephen M. Maher, Michael Barron, Mary Kay Shanley
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• Session #66 TS
• Equity Option Pricing
• Scott D. Houghton
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• Session #69 PD
• Internationalization Issues for Application Software
• David L. Snell, Mark Long, Bruce A. Lundeen, Azam A. Mirza, Michael G. Schoiber
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• Session #70 PD
• The Life and Times of International Actuaries: Opportunities at Home and Abroad
• Dan R. Spafford, Rejean Besner, Emma McWilliam, Ronald L. Poon–Affat, James Everett Trimble
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• Session #71 PD
• Expected Investment Returns
• Joseph Koltisko, Martin J. Hall, John Ryding, Richard M. A. Urbach
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• Session #72 PD
• Hail to the Chiefs! Developing the Skills of a CEO/CFO
• Simcha A. Segal, David B. Atkinson, Michael H. Gersie, David W. Libbey
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• Session #73 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Qualified Plan Rollover Marketplace: Are the Old Dogs Learning New Tricks
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• Session #74 PD
• Insurance Tax: Federal and International Developments
• James N. Cohen a | b, Susan J. Hotine, Kent Zimmerman
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• Session #75 PD
• Late–Breaking Developments
• Adrien R. Labombarde, Ethan E. Kra
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• Session #76 IF
• Implementing Quick–Issue Programs: The Product Development Process
• Mary J. Bahna–Nolan, Hank George, Ernest Testa
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• Session #77 IF
• Recap: Retirement Implications of Demographic and Family Change Symposium
• Judy F. Anderson, Joseph A. Applebaum, Laurel Beedon
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• Session #78 OF
• Current Statutory Reporting Topics for Life and Annuity Products
• Meredith A. Ratajczak, Harry R. Shissler
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• Session #79 OF
• Pricing and Marketing Critical Illness Products
• Loretta J. Jacobs, Boris Brizeli, Eddy Levy, Johan L. Lotter
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• Session #80 OF
• Legislative Activities in the Commercial Health Market
• Leigh M. Wachenheim, Katherine Swartz
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• Session #81 OF
• The Changing World of Group Disability Insurance
• Charles H. Meintel, Warren M. Cohen, Manuel V. Hidalgo, Richard J. Pollard
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• Session #82 OF
• Managing an In–Force Block of Long–Term–Care Insurance Business
• Darrell D. Spell, Mark S. Dinsmore, Susan D. Elliott, Scott Weltz
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• Session #83 TS
• Actuarial Applications of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Theory
• Mary Rosalyn Hardy a | b, Dale E. Lamps a | b, Marjorie A. Rosenburg
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• Session #86 GS (Handout Not Available)
• Presidential Luncheon
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• Session #88 FT
• Babson College School of Business Field Trip & Reception: Putting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship to Work for You
• Tom Bakos, Mark P. Rice
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• Session #91
• Embedded Value of Life Insurance Product Lines
• Brian C. Campbell, Nancy E. Bennett, Michael L. Kaster, Simcha A. Segal
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• Session #92 PD
• Long-Term-Care Insurance Underwriting: Trends and Technology
• Philip J. Barackman, Stephen K. Holland, Peggy J. Murray, Stephen Rowley
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• Session #93 PD
• Pricing and Managing Derivitive Risk: An Integral Risk Function
• Paul A. Haley, James P. Greaton, Marshall C. Greenbaum, Novian E. Junus, Howard A. Zail
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• Session #94 PD
• Litigation and What it Means to Financial Security Systems
• David R. Godofsky, Hal S. Tepfer
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• Session #95 PD
• Living to 100 and Beyond: Implications for Retirement
• Sam Gutterman, Colin England, Alan N. Parkih, Robert J. Pokorski
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• Session #96 IF
• Implementing Quick–Issue Programs: The Product Development Process
• Robert M. Musen, Jym Barnes, Robert Bulthaup, Cynthia W. Schmadeke
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• Session #97 PD
• Update On Provider Contracting
• Oscar M. Lucas, David V. Axene, Patrick F. Gilligan
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• Session #98 PP
• Premium Death Spirals: Theory and Empirical Evidence
• Harry L. Sutton Jr., Roger Feldman a | b | c, Tables
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• Session #99 TS
• Understanding Delphi Studies
• Peter C. Bishop, Steven W. Easson
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• Session #100 TS
• New Approaches to Experience Rating Disability Products
• Richard Carlson Leavitt, Andre C. Baillargeon, Richard Carlson Leavitt
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• Session #101 WS
• Current Statutory Reporting Topics for Life Products
• John F. Gies
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• Session #102 WS
• Current Topics in GAAP for Annuity Products
• Robert G. Frasca, David Y. Rogers
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• Session #103 WS (Handout Not Available)
• International Hot Topics Forum
• Michael E. Gabon, William R. Horbatt
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• Session #104 WS
• Report from SOA Risk Management Task Force
• David N. Ingram, Hubert B. Mueller, James F. Reiskytl, Vinaya K. Sharma
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• Session #107 I
• The Future of Life Reinsurance: Views from the Top
• Melville J. Young, David M. Holland, Chris C. Stroup, John E. Tiller Jr., A. Greig Woodring
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• Session #110 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Financial Reporting Section and Investment Section Joint Reception
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• Session #111 SM
• International Section Reception: Old South Meeting House
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• Session #114 SM/L
• Product Development Section Hot Breakfast
• Noel J. Abkemeier, Mary J. Bahna–Nolan, Mary Ann Parker
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• Session #115 SM/L
• Reinsurance Section Hot Breakfast: New Developments in Reinsurance Regulation and Legislation and Implementation of International Accounting Standards
• Denis W. Loring, Jeffrey Stanton Katz, Joseph F. Kolodney
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• Session #116 SM/IF
• Smaller Insurance Company Section Hot Breakfast
• R. Dale Hall
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• Session #119 PD/RP (Handout Not Available)
• Effective Job Interviewing Outside the Actuarial Box
• Diane C. Davis, Kathi D. Boratko, Michael M. Braunstein
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• Session #120 PD
• Introduction to Accident Insurance
• Daniel D. Skwire, Jeffrey D. Koll, Floyd Ray Martin
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• Session #121 PD
• Risk Management Issues for Variable and Equity Indexed Annuities
• Charles L. Gilbert, K. "Ravi" Ravindran, Darin G. Zimmerman
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• Session #122 PD
• Developments and Current Practices in Long–Term–Care Insurance Valuation
• Deborah A. Grant, Mark E. Billingsley, Loretta J. Jacobs, Mark E. Litow
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• Session #123 PD
• Nontraditional Approaches to Getting Underwritten Products Issued - Fast
• Maria N. Thomson a | b, Joseph E. Paul
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• Session #124 PD
• Current Issues in Plan Design
• Daniel P. Cassidy, Jerry Y. Carnegie, Anthony Webb a | b
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• Session #125 PD
• Approaches to Social Security Financing
• J. Bruce MacDonald, Courtney Coile, Stephen C. Goss
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• Session #126 CS
• Implications of International/Fair Value Accounting Changes
• Douglas C. Doll, Emma McWilliam, Albert Joseph Zlogar
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• Session #127 IF
• Best Practices in Shareholder Communications
• Simcha A. Segal, Al Capra, Stuart Carlisle, John Nadel
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• Session #128 OF
• Aftermath of 9/11: The Effect on Group Life and Health Carriers
• Daniel L. Wolak, Janet M. Carstens, Dale S. Hagstrom, Geoffrey C. Sandler
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• Session #129 OF
• Prescription Drug Cost Containment
• Mark J. Franzen, Karin Landry, Greg Rucinski, James F. Sanft
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• Session #130 TS
• Informed Choices for Retirement and College Savings Plan Asset Allocation
• Larry H. Rubin, Wayne Gates, Bob Murray, Jason Scott
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• Session #131 WS
• Current Topics in GAAP for Life Insurance Products
• Charles K. Chacosky, David Y. Rogers
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• Session #134 PD
• Automated Underwriting: Panacea or Pandora's Box?
• David L. Snell, Alan J. Hobbs, Tom Riehm, William R. Wellnitz
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• Session #135 PD
• Marketing and Product Development for the Senior Market
• James T. O'Connor, Jay M. Jaffe, H. Neil Lund, Christopher J. Rogers
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• Session #136 PD
• Communication by Actuaries and Investment Professionals: Breaking Through the Firewalls
• Max J. Rudolph, Frederick W. Jackson, Raghu Ramachandran
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• Session #137 PD
• Claim Studies: What Information Should I Be Capturing?
• Michelle Gornowicz Dyke, Gary L. Corliss, Stephen K. Holland, Maureen Lillis
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• Session #138 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Regulation of U.S. Pension Plans: Non–Tax Issues
• Joseph A. Applebaum, Nell Hennessy, Ivan Strasfeld
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• Session #139 PD
• The Saver Summits and U.S. Retirement Income Policy
• Anna M. Rappaport, Bridget Flynn, Mathew Greenwald
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• Session #140 IF
• All Stressed Out And No Place To Go?
• Tyree S. Wooldridge, Michael Rosswurm
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• Session #141 IF
• Regulatory Debate (Part 1): Universal Versus Whole Life
• Elinor Friedman, Jaffrey M. Dube, David J. Hippen, David W. Michael Scott Smith
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• Session #142 OF
• Valuation and Capital Requirements for Guaranteed Benefits in Variable Annuities
• Larry M. Gorski, Robert A. Brown, Thomas A. Campbell
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• Session #144 TS
• Applications of Quasi–Monte Carlo Methods
• Ken Seng Tan, Phelim Boyle a | b | c
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• Session #147 PD
• Pension Accounting: Here, There, and Everywhere
• Ronald J. Iverson, John T. Stokesbury
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• Session #148 PD
• Regulatory Debate (Part 2): Changes to the Standard Nonforfeiture Law
• Elinor Friedman, William John Cummings, David J. Hippen, William J. Schreiner
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• Session #149 OF
• Employers' Tools for Coping with Large Rate Increases
• Jeffrey T. Gavlick, Edward C. Cymerys, James F. Sanft, Blake Zenger
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• Session #150 OF
• Changing Ownership Structures: Demutualizations and For–Profit Conversions
• James N. Roberts, Peter Lynn Perkins, Daniel J. McCarthy, Forest A. Richen
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• Session #151 WS
• Current Statutory Reporting Topics for Annuity Products
• Meredith A. Ratajczak, Roger W. Smith
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