Description: This session, from the June 2000 San Diego meeting of the Society of Actuaries, discussed ways the actuary can help the underwriter. Discussion included: 1. Overview of protective value theory 2.Simplified cost/benefit methods designing efficient underwriting rules.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the current public image of the life insurance industry, and whether life insurers meet or are able to meet public expectations. They examine the differences between the public’s outside view and the actuary's view from the inside, how they differ, and what the actuary can do to improve the industry’s image, as an educator and communicator. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: [Title should have been 'Communication by Actuaries WITH Investment Professionals ....'] Actuaries working with investments must communicate not only with investment professionals, but also with senior managers and board members with non-financial backgrounds. Panelists show and critique examples of communicating such information using statistics and graphs. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 136PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This session discussion is about communications between the actuary and the investment officer and his department. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This panel discusses their personal experience and how they have ventured into new and exciting careers using their actuarial knowledge and expertise.

Description: This seminar focuses on the nonactuarial features of a reinsurance agreement, including underwriting, administrations, claims and audit.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discuss opportunities to discuss and influence state legislative and regulatory activity from the standpoint of a small insurance company. Activities within the ACLI and HIAA as well as the role of the Small Company Section of the SOA newsletter are discussed.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 The panel explored the following question: With all the consolidation in the health insurance business, what can an actuary do to maintain marketability of his or her skills?

Description: This is a teaching session focusing on effective communication skills including the importance of listening, effective speech delivery, and effective writing skills. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 7, No. 1.

Description: This session took place at the Society of Actuaries Spring 1975 Meeting in New York. The presenters discussed actuarial reports to management, including those chronicling past experience, forecasts of the future, including recommendations for change in response to future influences, and reports acting as alerts or warning basis to emerging trends.