Description: The Investment Symposium is a day-and-a-half long seminar that will focus on the issues and questions faced by investors and risk managers, especially related to insurance companies and retirement plans. Presenters will discuss the big picture issues and explore practical solutions to today’s challenges. Experts will share new approaches to portfolio management and cutting edge research in asset-liability management. Technology, regulation and the economic environment will

Description: Discussion of interest rates and investments. The forum looked at the outlook for interest rates on life insurance funds, new developments for the investment of life insurance funds, common stock investments, inflation, and the nature and extent of the valuation problem created by direct investment private placement.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session updates actuaries on the current status of non-forfeiture law changes for life insurance. Panelists discuss the impact of these changes on product design, compensation, and other product features.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Topics covered in this session included: 1. Which customer segments may or may not be Internet-literate and how they can be identified, 2. How to determine the needs of identified customer segments and which of these needs can be served through the Internet, 3. Product consideration given Internet distribution, including design, agent involvement, and regulatory/compliance considerations.

Description: Presented at April 1965 Spring Meeting. This is a series of reports on various topics: federal charter of American Academy of Actuaries, formation of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, formation of a special committee on pensions, discussion of Medicare Bill HR 6675, California requirements for formation of a new life insurer.

Description: This presentation, session number 70PD, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 16-18 in Seattle. Panelists discuss the retirement needs of today’s workforce and how the various sources of retirement income combine to meet those needs, and how retirement income needs change throughout retirement. They discuss employer sponsored retirement plans, and the effect of these plans on employee behavior, and the issues associated with communicating to employees with regard to plan design changes and other topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on the national commission on social security reform. Topics included: 1. Current financial status of the OASDI and HI programs short range and long range? 2. Options for solving the financing problems. 3. Goals of the NCSSR in solving these problems and recommendations determined to date. 4. General public understanding of the issues?

Description: This session discussion is about trends and proliferation of medical technology, what will be the impact on cost, what is on the horizon, strategies to contain the utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: Panelists discuss the history and background of agent-owned reinsurance companies [AOCs], their impact on attracting producers and improving experience, and applications for corporate distribution groups. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss the requirements of the new Deferred Acquisition Cost [DAC] tax, and it's expected financial impact on insurers. Second part of two-part Session 6 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium. See 'Tax Issues' for first part.