Description: From session 63 PD at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999, panelists discuss current issues including adoption status and proposals for various regulations critical to product development efforts. Impact of XXX on product design and reserves is also discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: This 1975 panel discussion SOA Bal Harbour Annual Meeting addressed the impacts of ERISA other than on pensions.

Description: This presentation was made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries. It addresses the following issues: Can individual policy retirement plans be sold by insurance agents without their becoming fiduciaries, what new features in funding contracts and prototypes plans are needed, and what extra costs for retirement plans are expected due to the reporting, dlsclosure, and actuarial valuation requirements of ERISA. 1975 Record Vol. 1, No. 3

Description: Discusses definition of life insurance, exchanges, policy loans, single premium life products, and variable life products. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting looks at issues related to second-hand smoke including the negative health effects and underwriting implications.

Description: Presentation at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session will discuss trends in medical technology as they affect health care benefits programs, including: life extension, organ transplants, high-cost procedures, and plan design.

Description: Discusses the implications of the recent Tax Reform Act of 1986 [TRA] and proposed tax laws, and the effect of tax law on financial-performance measures, GAAP reporting, investment strategy, and even corporate structure. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Chicago. This session was about the impact of pension plan design on investment strategy. The speakers covered a broad philosophical basis, the nuts and bolts of particular pension plan provisions in a defined-benefit area, and executive benefits.

Description: This 1979 panel discussion focuses on Social Security and the possibility for future changes in such areas as financing, retirement age, benefit design, treatment of women, and retirement test.

Description: Panelists discuss programs that provide retirement benefits for executives in the United States and Canada, including the pros and cons of available financing vehicles SERPs and the impact of governmental requirements and proposals. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 114pd.