Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the special problems and opportunities of a small company, specifically, tracking current developments, the role of the actuary, distribution systems and other actuarial problems.

Description: Introduction to the field of the Personal Actuary. The session presented what a personal actuary does that is different from traditional consulting what skills actuaries presently have that are relevant what skills need to be enhanced potential clients of a personal actuary and how an aspiring personal actuary can secure a client base and a potential financial model for a practicing personal actuary. A panel of practicing personal actuaries share case studies from their work.

Description: This presentation is a lecture, session number 8L, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The speakers discuss the increased competition in the financial services industry for risk-management roles, decreased influence of actuaries in the insurance world, increased criticism of actuarial techniques in the media and press e.g., pensions, and how the actuarial profession is reacting. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: Table of contents for presentations at the October 1986 Annual Meeting.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the highlights of the IAA centennial meeting in Brussels. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Actuaries are trained to measure and manage risks, for example, mortality, morbidity, interest rate, and asset default risks. However, the range of risks to which companies are exposed is wider than is sometimes considered. This complex array of risks needs to be managed holistically in concert and not in isolation. The actuary is increasingly called upon to assist in this process and needs a broader perspective and more powerful toolkit. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3: Chicago Annual Meeting, October 15-18, 2000, Session 54PD.

Description: This panel discussion from the 2003 SOA Spring Meeting reviews the findings of the 2002 Member Survey and 2002 Market Opportunities Research Report and the skills needed of actuaries in traditional and nontraditional careers. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 31pd.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting reviews a sample of the presentations at the World Future Society's 1984 Assembly, WorldView '84. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting provides information on the effort and the governing principles in redesigning the Education and Examination, E&E, process of the Society of Actuaries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting offers basic information on the redesign effort underway in regard to the SOA basic education program, and, in particular, on the governing principles that will guide the redesign process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.