SOA 2004 San Antonio Spring Meeting Presentation Materials

Below you will find presentations from various sessions at the 2004 SOA Spring Meeting, held in June of 2004 in San Antonio, TX. 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
• From Wall Street to Washington: A Journalist’s View of Ethics in America
• James B. Stewart

• Session #3 PD
• Actuaries Versus IT–The Perpetual Dilemma
• Michael N. Hartfield, Emil Burns Kraft, Susan M. Lee, Frank G. Reynolds

• Session #4 PD
• How Credit Worthy Is Your Reinsurer?
• Paul A. Schuster, William J. Briggs, David A. Rains, Chris M. Rutten, Bradley M. Smith

• Session #5 OF
• 2001 CSO, Reinsurance and Regulatory Issues in Smaller Insurance Companies
• Kenton L. Scheiwe, Pete A. Hitchcock, Philip A. Velazquez

• Session #6 IF
• Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline – Emphasizing the “C” In ABCD
• Allan W. Ryan, Lauren M. Bloom, Lawrence A. Johansen

• Session #7 IF
• Promoting You: Become a Self-Marketing Machine
• John West Hadley, David C. Miller

• Session #8 L
• Actuarial Jobs at Risk
• Valentina A. Isakina, Michael L. Kaster

• Session #9 OF
• Benchmarking International Operations
• William R. Horbatt, Bruce A. Lundeen

• Session #12 GS (Handout Not Available)
• General Luncheon
• Executive Communication: How to Communicate Effectively Every Time!
• Rebecca Esposito

• Session #15 PD
• Actuarial Appraisals—Process and Issues
• R. Thomas Herget, Richard D. Farrell, James S. Hawke

• Session #16 PD
• Financial Market Volatility: Modeling and Management
• Francis P. Sabatini, Aleksandar Kocic

• Session #17 PD
• Nontraditional Products for the Retirement Market
• Steve P. Cooperstein, Garth A. Bernard Sr., Christine E. Dugan, Francois Gadenne

• Session #18 PD
• Mortality Trends and Patterns
• Richard L. Bergstrom, Saul Gercowsky, Anna Hart

• Session #19 PD
• How to Make Guarantees on VAS Worth More Than the Paper They’re Written on
• Ari Joseph Lindner, Jason E. Kehrberg

• Session #20 PD
• Chief Risk Officer Forum
• David N. Ingram, B. John Manistre, Beverly S. Margolian, Randy E. Tillis

• Session #21 D
• Where is Your Reinsurance When You Need it?
• John O. Nigh, Eric Haab, Monica Hainer, Joseph F. Kolodney, John E. Tiller Jr.

• Session #22 IF
• Promoting You: Clinching the Deal
• John West Hadley, David C. Miller

• Session #23 OF
• International Accounting Standards – Current Developments
• Maria Mercedes Torres-Jorda, Francis de Regnaucourt, Eng Kim Yeoh

• Session #24 OF
• Capital Requirements for Investment Risks—Regulatory, Rating Agency and Economic Approaches
• Michael J. O'Connor, Jose D. Siberon

• Session #25 OF (Handout Not Available)
• Investing 2004 and Beyond
• Neil A. Parmenter, James B. Stewart

• Session #27 PD
• Implications of the AcSEC Statement of Position for Nontraditional Products
• Laura J. Hay, David Y. Rogers, Vincent Y.Y. Tsang

• Session #28 PD
• Asset-Liability Management and Product Pricing in a Low Interest Rate Environment
• David J. Weinsier, Kimberly M. Curley, Kimberly Dawn Roalkvam

• Session #29 PD
• Mortality and Expense Experience Studies
• Mary Ann Broesch, Sharon S. Brody, Sam Gutterman, Chris Ian Noyes

• Session #30 PD
• Retirement Income Solutions: Payout Annuities
• Susan J. Sell, Steve P. Cooperstein, Joel Jessen

• Session #31 PD
• Hedging Variable Annuity Guarantees: A Practical Discussion
• Francis P. Sabatini, Mark D. J. Evans, Daniel D. Heyer, David Hopewell, Zafar Rashid

• Session #32 I
• Designing Your Nontraditional Product From Start to Finish: Working With Your Sales and Marketing Teams
• Robert P. Stone, Dave Dorans, Kevin J. Howard

• Session #33 OF
• Sarbanes/Oxley Compliance: Ready or Not, Here it Comes
• Darin G. Zimmerman, Brad Irick, James A. Miles, Ray Smith

• Session #36 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Education and Research Section Continental Breakfast
• Mary Rosalyn Hardy

• Session #37 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Risk Management Section Hot Breakfast
• David N. Ingram

• Session #38 SM
• Smaller Insurance Company Section Hot Breakfast
• Pete A. Hitchcock, Allen M. Klein

• Session #42 PD
• Adoption of NAIC Model Regulations by the States
• Kerry A. Krantz, Ahmad Kamil, Stephen K. Neill

• Session #43 PD
• Mortgage-Backed Securities – Are They Appropriate for Insurance Company Portfolios?
• Mark W. Bursinger, Ross Bowen, Arthur Fliegelman, Linda Lowell

• Session #44 PD
• Building a Winning Culture
• Alan J. Sheptin, David S. Duncan, R. Thomas Herget

• Session #45 PD
• Designing Your Nontraditional Product From Start to Finish: Regulatory and Compliance Issues
• Christopher H. Hause, Sarah Campbell , Clayton E. Reeves, Kenneth Sapp

• Session #46 PD
• What’s New and Exciting in Insurance Product Taxation?
• Brian G. King, John T. Adney, Douglas N. Hertz

• Session #47 PD
• Making the Case for Economic (Risk) Capital and Risk Adjusted Performance Measurement Frameworks
• Hubert B. Mueller, Kevin J. Reimer, Jose D. Siberon

• Session #48 OF
• US GAAP Update
• Patricia E. Matson, Carol F. Salomone, Darin G. Zimmerman

• Session #49 OF
• Pool Reinsurance
• Jeffrey A. Leitz, Jonathan Beerman, Kieron Farrelly

• Session #50 WS
• Annuity Nonforfeiture Law Revisions and Other Deferred Annuity Current Topics
• Facilitator A: Keith A. Dall
• Facilitator B: Sean A. Williams

• Session #53 PD
• The Actuarial Employment Market Outside of North America
• Paul Barber, Brian J. Schnepff

• Session #54 PD
• Designing Your Nontraditional Product From Start to Finish: Matching Underwriting to Experience
• Ian G. Duncan, Van Beach, K. Michelle Moloney, George Stadtlander

• Session #55 PD
• Universal Life (UL) Secondary Guarantees: What’s the Real Risk?
• Elinor Friedman, Michael J. LeBoeuf, Daragh M. O’Sullivan, Scott J. Witt

• Session #56 PD
• Measuring and Pricing for Tail Risk
• Henry M. McMillan, Douglas L. Robbins, David M. Walczak

• Session #57 L
• Business Intelligence for Actuaries
• Michael K. Rigby, Michael Levine

• Session #58 OF
• Credit Spreads, Asset Return Assumptions and the Fair Value of Liabilities
• Larry H. Rubin, Sam Gutterman, Burton D. Jay, Hubert B. Mueller

• Session #59 OF
• Life Insurance and Annuities: Is it Possible to Satisfy Your Distributors and Still Make Money?
• Abraham S. Gootzeit, Matthew R. Coleman, Arnold D. Henkel, Anne M. Katcher

• Session #60 WS
• US GAAP Update
• Facilitator A: Patricia E. Matson, Carol F. Salomone
• Facilitator B: Darin G. Zimmerman

• Session #63 SM (Handout Not Available)
• Product Development Section Luncheon
• Kevin J. Howard, S. Jay Olshansky

• Session #66 PD
• The Product Development Process – Getting Your Product to Market Quickly
• Chris Ian Noyes, Karen J. Edgerton, Thomas R. Kalmbach, Timothy C. Pfeifer

• Session #67 PD
• Term Insurance Update
• Nancy Westfall Winings, Dieter S. Gaubatz, Paul E. Yates

• Session #68 OF
• Investment Strategies for an Insurance Company’s Capital Account
• David N. Ingram, Steven K. Hall, Rui de Figueiredo

• Session #69 TS
• 2005 Education System Redesign
• Mary Rosalyn Hardy, Warren R. Luckner

• Session #70 TS
• Designing Your Nontraditional Product From Start to Finish: The Reality Marketing Show
• Jay M. Jaffe, Francis McGovern

• Session #71 WS
• NAIC Model Regulations on Determining Reserve Liabilities for Credit Insurance
• Christopher H. Hause

• Session #72 WS
• Applications of Stochastic Modeling in Financial Reporting
• David W. Libbey, Dominique Lebel