2004 Anaheim Health Spring Meeting

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the SOA Spring Meeting in Anaheim, CA held on May 19-21, 2004. Please note that some have multiple presentations from different authors/presenters and that some presentations are not available.

• Session #1 SM/BG (Handout Not Available)
• The Future of American Health Care: Realities, Challenges And Opportunities For Leadership
• Edward F. X. Hughes
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• Session #3 PD
• Hot Technologies
• Charles S. Linn, Jerry Goedicke, Neil Raden, Lori Martin, Craig Hunneyman
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• Session #5 PD
• DC Plan Asset Management For Employees
• Beverly J. Orth, Anthony Webb
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• Session #6 PD
• Long–Term Care Reinsurance
• Steven J. Pummer, Timothy Edwin Hale, Andrew M.Perkins
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• Session #7 IF
• Actuarial Board For Counseling and Discipline–Emphasizing The "C" In ABCD
• Frank S. Irish, Timothy J. Adams, Thomas C. Griffin
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• Session #8 IF
• Promoting You: Become A Self–Marketing Machine
• John West Hadley, David C. Miller
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• Session #9 L
• Communication And Other Skills Critical For The Success Of The Profession In The Future
• Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski, Valentina A. Isakina, Catherine Konsky
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• Session #10 OF
• A Reevaluation Of ASOP 27–Follow Up To Financial Economics Symposium
• Donald J. Segal, Alan J. Stonewall, Frank Todisco
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• Session #11 OF
• The Future Role Of The DB Actuary
• C. Ian Genno, Michael M. Croyle, Brian C. Ternoey
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• Session #14 GS
• General Luncheon
• Challenges Facing the Defined Benefits System
• Vince Snowbarger
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• Session #17 PD
• Medical Trends
• Lisa F. Tourville, John M. Bertko, Gordon Russel Hugh
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• Session #18 PD
• Stochastic Modeling For Health Actuaries
• Darrell D. Knapp, Doug Fearrington, Charles S. Fuhrer
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• Session #19 PD
• Valuation Of Retiree Health Benefits
• David P. Kendall, Jin Ho Park, Dale H. Yamamoto
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• Session #20 PD
• Individual Disability Product Update
• Daniel D. Skwire, Matthew Gottfried, Kenneth M. Latus, William A .Obert
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• Session #21 PD
• Probability Of LTC Ruin?
• Janet L. Perrie, Daniel Bret Cathcart, Amy Pahl
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• Session #22 PD
• Latest Developments In Public Pension Plans
• Alex Rivera, Ricky C. Reed, Blair Taylor
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• Session #24 PD
• Risk Management For Health Insurance
• John W. C. Stark, Thomas R. Corcoran, Kara L. Clark, Sudha Shenoy
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• Session #25 BG
• Issues And Trends In Group Life
• James F. Clark, John A. Bettano, Susan R. Sames
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• Session #26 IF
• Promoting You: Clinching The Deal
• John West Hadley, David C. Miller
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• Session #27 BG
• A Futuristic Session–Looking Back At The Past Five Years Of Health Care
• Bryan F. Miller, David V. Axene, Dennis J. Hulet, Mark E. Litow, Greta Redmond
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• Session #28 OF (Handout Not Available)
• The Future Of American Health Care: Further Thoughts
• Neil A. Parmenter, Edward F. X. Hughes
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• Session #30 PD
• Provider Contracting Issues And Trends
• Thomas D. Snook, Frederick L. Davis, John M. Limm, Susan Elizabeth Pantely
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• Session #31 PD
• Purchasing And Quality Initiatives Of The Leapfrog Group And Other Large Employers
• John P. Cookson, Jonathan E. Conklin
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• Session #32 PD
• Data Warehousing
• Charles S. Fuhrer, Patrick McIntyre, Neil Raden
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• Session #33 PD
• LTD Experience Trends: Social Security And Private Programs
• Daniel D. Skwire, Eli Nicholas Donkar, Allen D. Livingood
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• Session #34 PD
• Retirement Plan Governance
• Anne M. Button, David K. Linneman, S. Kai Petersen
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• Session #35 D
• AHPs: Are Association Health Plans A Remedy Or A Pending Disaster?
• January 2004
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• Session #38 OF/TS
• Credibility Theory For LTC Actuaries
• James M. Robinson
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• Session #42 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Education And Research Section Continental Breakfast
• Eli Nicholas Donkar
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• Session #43 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Disability Special Interest Group Hot Breakfast
• Daniel D. Skwire, Thomas R. Corcoran
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• Session #44 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Long-Term Care Section Hot Breakfast
• James M. Glickman, Robert K. Yee
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• Session #47 PD
• Health Policy And Financing
• Kevin J. Howard
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• Session #48 PD
• Medicare Reform
• Michael S. Abroe, Michael Gale, Dennis J. Hulet, Mark A. Peterson, William C. Weller
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• Session #49 PD
• The Actuary And Underwriting
• Mark E. Billingsley, Dawn E. Helwig, Stephen K. Holland, Bernard Rabinowitz, Stephen Rowley, Gregg R. Sadler
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• Session #50 PD
• Target Surplus And Reserves for Health
• John C. Lloyd, Daniel S. Pribe, John M. Stenson
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• Session #51 PD
• Self-Funding Of Health Benefit Programs
• E. Jay Coldwell, Timothy J. Bowers, Gregory G. Demars, Rich Wipperfurth
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• Session #52 PD
• Long–Term Care Lessons For Disability Insurers
• Amy Pahl, Guy Bertsch
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• Session #53 PD
• LTC Regulatory Update
• John A. Hartnedy, Edward P. Mohoric
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• Session #54 PD
• Building A Winning Culture
• David C. Miller, David S. Duncan, Jim Toole
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• Session #55 PD
• Retiree Medical Update
• Anne M. Button, Bruce C. Dane, Lisa G. Ullman
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• Session #56 IF
• The DB Assumption Roller Coaster
• Arthur L. Conat, Thomas Eugene Gibbs Jr., Richard D. Kutikoff, Rick A. Roeder
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• Session #57 OF
• Nontraditional Computer Science Roles For Actuaries
• Brian S. Reid, Emil Burns Kraft, Lyle S. Semchyshyn, Nancy Barker Walczak
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• Session #58 OF
• HMO Reinsurance
• Scott E. Guillemette, Mark Angard, Charles Crispin, Doug Dalrymple
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• Session #61 PD
• Actuaries On The Asset Side
• Gary J. Caine
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• Session #62 PD
• Influencing Health Policy: Efforts And Impacts Of The American Academy Of Actuaries
• Geoffrey C. Sandler, Janet M. Carstens, Craig Hanna, Cori E. Uccello
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• Session #64 PD
• Predictive Modeling–Current Practices And Future Application
• Emma Hoo, R. Adams Dudley, Lori Weyuker
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• Session #65 OF
• Risk Measurement And Management For Health Insurance
• Thomas R. Corcoran, James E. Drennan, Scott D. Haglund, Douglas W. Taylor, John W. C. Stark
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• Session #66 WS
• Multiemployer Pension Plans
• James J. McKeogh, Bruce C. Cable
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• Session #67 PD
• The Alphabet Soup of Accounting for Pensions and Postretirement Benefits
• Scott D. Fuller, Arthur L. Conat, K. Eric Freden
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• Session #68 IF
• "To Be Or Not To Be"(In LTC)
• James M. Glickman, Guy Bertsch, Matthew Cyril Fingerhut, Charles M. Waldron
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• Session #69 OF
• Financial Economics: Impact on Small to Mid–Sized Pension Plans
• Daniel P. Cassidy, Marcus A. Robertson
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• Session #69 OF
• Financial Economics: Impact On Small To Mid–Sized Pension Plans
• Daniel P. Cassidy, Marcus A. Robertson
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• Session #70 OF
• Long–Term Disability Valuation Issues
• G. Nicholas Smith, Delaine B. Hare, Eric Poirier
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• Session #71 WS
• Issues And Trends In Small Group Medical Insurance
• A–Shannon C. Krygiel
• B–Thomas G. Butzen
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• Session #74 SM
• Health Section Luncheon
• Kara L. Clark, Henry E. Simmons
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• Session #77 PD
• What's Happening Outside Of Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs)?
• John R. Governale, Stephen J. Kaczmarek, Greg Thomas Russell, Edgar W. Schneider Jr.
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• Session #78 PD
• Medicare Supplement Filings From A Regulator's
• Dennis K. Hare, John A. Hartnedy, Craig S. Kalman, Linda P. Ziegler
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• Session #79 PD
• Premiums And Promises: An Investment Perspective
• Mark D. Newton, Marco A. Bravo, Richard B. Pitbladdo, Larry H. Rubin
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• Session #80 WS
• Plan Design
• C. Ian Genno, Daniel P. Cassidy, Jeremy Gold
• The Actuary–October 2003
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• Session #81 D
• The Real Costs Of Behavioral Healthcare Benefits
• Marc Alan Lambright, Paul J. Floyd, Stephen P. Melek, Ted Wirecki
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• Session #82 L
• Late–Breaking Regulatory Developments
• Donald J. Segal, Wayne Jacobsen, Ethan E. Kra
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• Session #83 OF
• Individual Disability Morbidity Trends
• Robert W. Beal, Douglas W. Taylor, Paul George Ziobrowski
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• Session #84 TS
• 2005 Education System Redesign
• Rohana S. Ambagaspitiya, Dale H. Yamamoto
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• Session #85 TS
• Valuation Issues For Statements Of Actuarial Opinion
• Thomas D. Snook, Rowen B. Bell, John F. Fritz
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• Session #86 WS
• Issues And Trends In Individual Medical Insurance
• A–Bernard Rabinowitz
• B–Rod E. Turner
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• Session #91 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Health Section Council Hot Breakfast
• Lori Weyuker
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• Session #94 PD
• Merger And Acquisition (M&A) Issues Specific To Group Life and Health Products
• Thomas R. Corcoran, Rajeev Maxwell Dutt, Jim Toole
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• Session #95 PD
• What's Happening With Consumer Driven Health Plans (CDHPs)?
• Lori Weyuker, Emma Hoo, Neil Oktavec, Scott Weltz
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• Session #96 PD
• Prescription Drug Update
• Kevin M. Dolsky, Terri Bernacchi, Margaret Wood Wear, Christopher P. Wilson
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• Session #97 PD
• Actuarial Techniques Surrounding Innovative LTC Benefits
• Robert K. Yee, Deborah A. Grant, Timothy Edwin Hale, Andrew J. Herman
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• Session #98 IF
• Phased Retirement
• Anne M. Button, Valerie A. Paganelli
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• Session #99 PD
• Professional Behavior And The Liabilities They Create
• Thomas C. Griffin, S. Aquil Ahmed
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• Session #100 L
• Dental Insurance: New Products And Emerging Issues
• Floyd Ray Martin, Howard L. Bailit, James J. Crall
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• Session #103 OF
• Group Disability Open Forum
• Scott D. Haglund, Karen L. Gervasoni, Richard Carlson Leavitt, William A. Obert, Stephen J. Rulis, Kristyn Skibisky
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• Session #106 PD
• Medicare Prescription Drugs
• Janet M. Carstens, Corey N. Berger, Brian Glassman, Ted Marmor
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• Session #107 PD
• Morbidity Improvement And Its Impact On LTC Insurance Pricing And Valuation
• P. J. Eric Stallard, Scott Weltz, Ronald M. Wolf
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• Session #108 PD
• New Retirement Risk Survey
• Emily K. Kessler, Raymond D. Berry
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• Session #109 PD
• Risk Management For Pension Plans
• Arthur L. Conat, Joseph Bellersen, Julie Ann Curtis, Peter Michaels
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• Session #110 D
• A Single–Payer Health Care System For The United States
• Bryan F. Miller, Hobson D. Carroll, Don R. McCanne
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• Session #111 OF
• Measurement Of ROI/Effectiveness Of Medical Management Processes
• Ian G. Duncan, Robert N. Parke, Jaan Sidorov
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• Session #112 WS (Handout Not Available)
• Life Reinsurance Consolidation–The Ceding Company Perspective
• A–Emma Hoo
• B–Lori Weyuker, Neil Oktavec
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• Session #115 PP
• A Multi–Disciplinary Exploration of Prescription Drug Issues Symposium
• Louise H. Anderson, Alan Cassels, Bela Patel Gorman, Dennis Kunimura, Pamela Landsman, Marjorie A. Rosenberg, Jill Van Den Bos, John R. Watkins
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