Description: The question of sex discrimination in employee pension plans in life insurance programs is only part of the more general issue of risk classification. Challenges to the old ways of classifying risks are not limited to pensions or to life insurance. It also impacts auto insurance, health insurance, and all other areas. However, for this discussion we will concentrate on sex discrimination in pension and retirement plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1979, Volume 5, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses alternative retention/replacement strategies such as unilateral enhancements and bilateral updates, the impact of universal life, UL, as an internal replacement, the impact on policy loans and benefit increases and the reinsurers' position on replacements. From Record of the Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: In this session 120F of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses the impact that the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association and other recent market conduct developments will have on the practice and the profession of the actuary. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses the implications of UNISEX legislation and the Norris Decision, the impact of the proposed tax law, variable products and Large Amount Term Insurance persistency and mortality. Record of Society of Actuaries Vol.9, No. 4

Description: Discusses the impact of federal income-tax laws on policyholders, insurance companies, and product design and marketing. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the latest product, distribution and regulatory aspects of this growing market. They also explain the unique design and administrative challenges that should be considered in order to succeed in the private placement arena.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting analyzes current and possible future non-traditional/mass marketing techniques, examining their potential for enhancing present day, insurance marketing methods and the impact on the agency system. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4A

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discuss the most current information on issues in the regulatory area that impact individual life and annuity products.

Description: Economics professor discusses the economics of fair and unfair discrimination in insurance. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discuss how changes in interest rates affect the assets and liabilities of a life insurance company and what a company can do to prepare. This session examines historical trends in interest rates and how companies have reacted to both sudden and gradual changes.