Description: Overview of call center and digital sales platforms for the development of distribution strategy in the individual insurance market.

Description: Experts from both the direct and reinsurance side of the table will provide an overview of final expense products and their key features, as well as share experiences that have informed best practices when designing, selling, managing, monitoring and reinsuring these products. Trends in distribution, underwriting tools and other competitive factors will be considered through the lens of managing risk while remaining competitive in the market.

Description: Hear about the latest trends and insights as this panel discusses the happenings in the life insurance marketplace. Discover product, regulatory, underwriting, marketing, and other trends to help keep up to date on many of life's changing events.

Description: Hear an overview of InsurTech trends and challenges globally. Then, presenters will dive deeper to talk about InsurTech's application in insurance product distribution via smartphones and insurance company's risk selection, risk evaluation, risk control and the related challenges brought to actuaries. Specific applications and cases will be presented.

Description: The presenters focus on traditional and non-traditional techniques for setting IBNR and assume some experience on the topic. Take in a brief overview of the basic development of IBNRs for financial reporting. Then explore general considerations and various methods used to estimate claim costs, plus understand variability in IBNR projections as well as challenges that arise in certain situations. There will be opportunities for the audience to share ideas and considerations based on past experiences.

Description: Article Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch by Bartlett in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: This 1979 session is about Individual and Group aspects of agent compensation. Questions addressed: 1. What have been the effects on agent compensation of: a. inflation. b. change in product mix. c. development of new products. d. servicing requirements for certain products. e. consumerism. f. changes in statute or regulation. 2. What are the future trends in agent compensation? 3. What studies have been made about agent compensation? 4. What statistics are available about agent compensation?

Description: Article The U.S. Government Cost Disclosure Report by Moorhead in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: As technology continues to advance and consumers' preferences constantly change, the need for insurance to be sold at more competitive prices has become apparent, forcing the Broker channel to adjust its business model and also creating a new opportunity for the Direct-to-Consumer channel. The presenter will examine how various channels have co-existed in the past, and evaluate how they will evolve and co-exist in the future. The discussion will also include an analysis of a channel strategy to optimize results for the growth of a company. Presenters will include representative from the following distribution channels

Description: Table of contents for Volume 1, Issue No. 2 of The Record of the Society of Actuaries. These records were taken from the New York meeting, April 17-18, 1975.