2003 Vancouver Spring Health Meeting Presentation Materials

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the SOA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C. held on June 23–25, 2003. Please note that some have multiple handouts from different authors/presenters and that some are not available.

• Session #1 GS (Handout Not Available)
• General Session
• Roy Romanow
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• Session #3 PD
• Employer Stop Loss–What's Ahead
• Richard J. Nelson, Carol B. Adams, Gordon Russel Hugh
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• Session #4 PD
• Health Section Supported Research
• Steven C. Siegel, Cory N. Berger, David J. Knutson, Jeffrey P. Petertil
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• Session #5 PD
• The Future of Individual and Small Group Medical Insurance
• William F. Bluhm, James E. Oatman, Jerome Winkelstein
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• Session #6 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Provider Contracting in a Consumer–Driven World
• Randall Paul Herman, E. Jay Coldwell, Arnold C. Paulson
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• Session #7 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Issues and Trends in Medicare Supplement Insurance
• Kenneth L. Clark, John S. Cathcart, Garry R. Reed
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• Session #8 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Current Topics in Health Reinsurance
• Vincent A. DeMarco, Donna M. Peterson, Richard T. Phillips
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• Session #9 CS
• The AAA LTC Insurance Practice Note in Practice
• James M. Robinson, Amy Pahl, Darrell D. Spell
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• Session #10 IF
• Late-Breaking Developments
• Donald J. Segal, Ethan E. Kra, Max J. Schwartz
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• Session #11 L
• Longevity Improvement in Canada, the United States and Worldwide
• Louis Adam, Richard MacMinn
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• Session #12 OF
• Product and Pricing Issues in Group Disability
• Delaine B. Hare, Jeff Babino, Richard Carlson Leavitt
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• Session #13 WS
• Public Sector Retirement Plan Issues in Today's Economy
• Lawrence A. Johansen, Kenneth A. Kent, Leslie L. Thompson
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• Session #16 GS (Handout Not Available)
• General Luncheon–What Do You Stand For?
• Jim Lichtman
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• Session #19 PD (Handout Not Available)
• The Canadian Medicare System: Will it Undergo Major Changes?
• Claude Ferguson, Gery J. Barry, Robert L. Brown
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• Session #20 PD (Handout Not Available)
• How Much is Enough? Capital and Surplus Management for Health Entities
• John C. Lloyd, James E. Drennan, Richard E. Swift
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• Session #21 PD (Handout Not Available)
• New Strategies in Disease and Utilization Management: Substituting Facts for Assumptions
• Ian G. Duncan, Alison Johnson, Thomas Wilson
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• Session #22 PD (Handout Not Available)
• The Actuary and Underwriting: Operations and Profitability in 21st Century Health Insurance Risk Management
• Valerie Ann Lendt, Mark J. Franzen, Hank George, Kathy Thomas
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• Session #23 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Pricing for Terrorism Risk in Group Life, Group Health and Group Disability Products
• Daniel L. Wolak, Jeffrey G. Allen, Charles H. Meintel, Kevin James Trapp
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• Session #24 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Critical Illness Insurance Update
• Susan Kimball, Michael J. Helewa, Darrell D. Spell
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• Session #25 PD
• Government Accounting Standards Board Post–Retirement Benefits Accounting Standard Update
• Marilyn Miller Oliver, John E. Bartel, Karl D. Johnson, William A. Reimert
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• Session #26 IF
• What is Important to Plan Sponsors?
• Michael L. Pisula, Grace C. Caress
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• Session #27 OF
• Valuation and Reserve Issues for LTC Insurance
• Peggy L. Hauser, Norman E. Hill, Mark E. Litow, Emily Roman
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• Session #28 TS
• Database Tools for Claim Analysis
• Gary A. Sanford, Jonathan Mark Hendrickson
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• Session #31 PD
• The Future of Our Profession: Critical Skills Needed for Future Success
• Michael L. Kaster, Michael M. Braunstein, Zafar Rashid, Dorn H. Swerdlin
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• Session #32 PD
• Current Equity Markets' Impact on Pension Plans
• Adrien R. LaBombarde
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• Session #33 PD
• Achieving a High ROI on Human Assets
• David S. Duncan
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• Session #34 PD
• PBGC and the Current Economic Environment
• Ron Gebhardtsbauer, David C. Gustafson, Thomas B. Lowman, Donald J. Segal
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• Session #35 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Managing Risk Concentration in the Post–9/11 Environment
• Thomas F. Conroy, Ronald A. Colligan, Scott Machut, Christian T. Svedin
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• Session #36 OF
• Concepts on Professionalism
• Marc I. Whinston, Lauren M. Bloom, Robert E. Orean
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• Session #37 OF
• Electronic Security In The Internet Age
• Brian M. Septon, Shawn Moyer
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• Session #38 TS (Handout Not Available)
• Interest Rate Modeling in Actuarial Practic
• Hal Warren Pedersen, Samuel H. Cox
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• Session #39 TS
• Report of the Individual Disability Experience Committee
• Robert W. Beal, David Morgan Andreae, Douglas W. Taylor
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• Session #42 SM
• Management and Personal Development Section Hot Breakfast–Does the Suit Fit?
• K. H. Kelly Rendek, Michael Braunstein
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• Session #44 SM
• Actuary Of The Future And Futurism Sections' Career Enhancement Hot Breakfast
• Sudha Shenoy
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• Session #45 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Education and Research Section Continental Breakfast
• Gordon E. Klein
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• Session #46 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Disability Special Interest Group Hot Breakfast
• Daniel D. Skwire
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• Session #47 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Managing Your Career Within a Traditional Employer Setting
• Brad S. Linder, Michael S. Abroe
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• Session #51 PD
• Rating Agencies’Views of Health Insurance
• James T. O'Connor, Doug Meyer, Douglas B. Sherlock
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• Session #52 PD
• Health Care Cost Trends
• Brian G. Small, Charles S. Fuhrer, Peter K. Reilly, Lisa F. Tourville
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• Session #53 PD
• Prescription Drug Update
• Kara L. Clark, Bridget Eber, Robert Ecker, Margaret Wood Wear
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• Session #54 PD
• Long–Term Disability Valuation Issues
• Jeffrey L. Schuh, Edward G. Bailey, Luce Giroux, Barbara White Kleve
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• Session #55 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Results and Applications of the Intercompany LTC Insurance Experience Study
• Mark D. Newton, Wesley J. DeNering, Kim H. Tillman
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• Session #56 PD
• Consulting a Down Economy
• John F. Kalnberg, Daniel P. Cassidy, Tonya B. Manning, Curtis S. Morgan
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• Session #57 PD
• Retirement Plan Accounting Standards Around the World
• K. Eric Freden, Lan Chen, David J. Sloss
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• Session #58 OF (Handout Not Available)
• Designing and Funding Postretirement Benefits
• Michael I. Helmer, John G. McKellar
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• Session #59 PP (Handout Not Available)
• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 1): Employer Perspective
• Ethan E. Kra, Jon Exley, Shyam Mehta, Andrew D. Smith, Isabel Gordon, John Ralfe, Cliff Speed, Ravil Akhtyamov, Spivak Seymen
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• Session #60 WS
• Actuarial Software Quality Assurance
• David P. Friedlander, Charles S. Linn
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• Session #61 WS (Handout Not Available)
• Issues in Individual Medical Insurance
• Leigh M. Wachenheim, Jerome Winklestein
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• Session #64 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Developing a Successful Defined Contribution Health Plan
• David M. Tuomala, Daniel R. Plante
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• Session #65 PD (Handout Not Available)
• HIPAA Regulatory Update and Implementation Issues
• Kara L. Clark, Betty Haynes, Steele R. Stewart, Stephen P. Wood
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• Session #66 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Medicare Reform
• P. Anthony Hammond, William J. London, James W. Mays, Harry L. Sutton, Jr.
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• Session #67 PD
• Asset and Liability Analysis for Disability Insurance
• Andronico Lucas Castillo, Marco A. Bravo, Forrest A. Richen, Dennis Yu
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• Session #68 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Employee Education and Communication
• Minaz Haiderali Lalani, Randy Cowell
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• Session #69 I
• Survey Results on Retirement Plan Design Preferences of Active Workers and Retirees
• Kelley McKeating, K. Eric Freden, Ruth Helman
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• Session #70 OF
• Pricing Challenges Today
• Allen J. Schmitz, Daniel Bret Cathcart, Gregory A. Gurlik
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• Session #71 PP
• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 2): Solvency Measures and Related Issues
• Ronald Gebhardtsbauer, Mark T. Ruloff, Carole Turcotte, Roland P. Van Gaalen
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• Session #72 WS
• Health Care Cost Trends
• Joseph G. Korabik
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• Session #73 WS (Handout Not Available)
• Prescription Drug Benefit Case Studies – What is Working?
• Bryan F. Miller
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• Session #76 SM
• Health Section Luncheon: Health Care Quality and Cost Measurement
• Kevin M. Dolsky, Steve Wetzell
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• Session #78 IF (Handout Not Available)
• It Takes Practice!
• K. H. Kelly Rendek, John Thomas
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• Session #81 PD (Handout Not Available)
• Current Factors Driving Medical Pricing and Product Design
• James J. Murphy, Alan L. Mills, Greta Redmond, Dale H. Yamamoto
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• Session #82 PD
• Medicare + Choice
• John F. Fritz, John M. Bertko
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• Session #83 PD
• Actuarial Model Development for Defined Contribution Plans
• Stacey Muller, Peter Burt Daggett, Christopher H. Stevens
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• Session #84 PD
• The Uninsured and Underinsured
• Catherine M. Murphy–Barron, Karl Madrecki, Thomas D. Snook, Cori E. Uccello
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• Session #85 PD
• New Opportunities in Individual Disability Insurance
• Stephen Miller, Thomas K. Penn–David, Daniel Skwire
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• Session #86 PD
• Multiemployer Plan Issues
• Michael L. Pisula, Lee J. Buchele, Samuel S. Stanley, Nancy R. Wagner
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• Session #87 PD
• Phased Retirement
• John F. Kalnberg, Valerie A. Paganelli
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• Session #88 OF
• Group LTC Insurance Product Developments
• Dawn E. Helwig, Phyllis Shelton, Arthur Stein, Brian Vestergaard
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• Session #89 OF
• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 3): Investment
• Richard Q. Wendt, Zvi Bodie, Jon Palin, Cliff Speed, Laurens Swinkels
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• Session #90 WS (Handout Not Available)
• Issues in Small Group Medical Insurance
• Karen Bender, William R. Lane
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• Session #93 PP
• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 4): Valuation (Some Emphasis on Employer Choice)
• Mark G. Beilke, Lawrence N. Bader, Jeremy Gold, Robert T. McCrory, Dimitry Mindlin
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• Session #95 FT (Handout Not Available)
• Effective Meetings "Canned"
• Michael M. Braunstein
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• Session #97 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Joint Health/Pension Section Reception
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• Session #99 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Health Section Council Hot Breakfast
• John P. Cookson
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• Session #102 PD
• Health Valuation Issues: Traditional Products
• Kenny W. Kan, Jin–Dih Shih, Martin E. Staehlin
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• Session #103 PD
• Predictive Modeling–Current Practices and Future Applications
• David Axene
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• Session #104 PD
• Provider Excess Stop Loss
• Charles C. DeWeese, Todd Gallitz, Nathan L. Hays, David Wilson
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• Session #105 PD
• The Impact of Underwriting and Risk Classifiation on Pricing and Product Design
• Timothy J. Tongson, Etienne Dupourque, Alison Johnson, Caroline Lester
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• Session #106 PD
• Recent Issues in Executive Compensation
• Sarah W. Wright, Max J. Schwartz, Douglas J. Tormey
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• Session #107 PD
• The Future of Equity Returns
• Tonya B. Manning, Randall L. Doser, Richard Q. Wendt
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• Session #108 PD
• Sponsors' Risk Management and Fiduciary Risk
• Daniel P. Cassidy, Michael M. C. Sze
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• Session #109 OF
• The Health Care Financing Crisis
• Valerie Ann Lendt, Mark E. Litow, John Rink, Kathy Thomas
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• Session #110 PP
• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 5): Benefit Adequacy & DB/DC Issues
• Michale L. Johnston, David Glen McCarthy, Brian S. Rosenblum, Armand Yambao
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• Session #113 OF
• Dental Products Open Forum
• Floyd Ray Martin, William C. Frank, Lawrence R. Weissbrot
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• Session #114 OF
• Group Life Open Forum
• Susan R. Sames, Karen J. Edgerton, David G. Fitzpatrick, Ronald Scott McKellar
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• Session #117 PD
• Health Valuation Issues: Nontraditional Health Products
• Darrell D. Knapp, Mark E. Billingsley, Michael R. McLean
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• Session #118 PD
• The Future of Managed Care
• Dale H. Yamamoto, David V. Axene, Harry L. Sutton, Jr.
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• Session #119 PD
• What to do with Older LTC Insurance Policies
• Philip J. Barackman, Mark S. Dinsmore, Andrew J. Herman, John Leo Timmerberg
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• Session #120 PD
• Converting Defined Contribution Account Balances into Income Streams at Retirement
• C. Ian Genno, Michael M. C. Sze
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• Session #121 PD
• Errors and Omissions Liability and Professionalism
• Tonya B. Manning, Lauren M. Bloom, Lawrence A. Johansen, Paul B. Zeisler
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• Session #122 PP
• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 6): Valuation
• Robert C. North, Jr., Jon Exley, Timothy Gordon, Stuart Jarvis, Eric J. Klieber
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• Session #123 TS
• Public Databases and other Resources for Health Actuaries
• Richard A. Kipp, Denise Love
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• Session #124 WS
• The Health Care Financing Crisis
• Robert P. Carver, Jr., Grady C. Catterall
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• Session #128 IF
• Health Valuation Issues: Lunch and Discussion Forum
• Normal J. Zwitter, Jeffrey G. Allen, Karen Bender, Martin E. Staehlin
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• Session #131 PP
• Health Valuation Issues: Lunch and Discussion Forum
• Karen Bender, Martin E. Staehlin, Norman J. Zwitter
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• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 7): Valuation (Some Emphasis on Assumptions/Methods)
• Douglas W. Andrews, Edward Burrows, Thomas B. Lowman, Jeffrey O. Petertil, Frank Todisco
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• The Great Controversy Symposium (Part 8): Debate and Open Discussion
• Julia Lynn Coronado, Paul A. Gewirtz, Malcolm Hamilton