Description: Panelists discuss the Interim Actuarial Standards Board [IASB] recommendations, ratified by the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Actuaries and effective January 1987, concerning the determination or re-determination of non-guaranteed charges and/or benefits for life insurance and annuity contracts. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 The panelists discussed recent trends in actuarial employment including: · Telecommuting · Actuarial consulting via the Internet · Actuaries working in banks and other financial institutions · Other opportunities such as reinsurance brokers, recruiters, and life agency employees

Description: Panelists discuss recent developments in: Guaranteed Investment Contract [GIC] products, annuities for terminations of pension plans [terminal funding], settlement of obligations under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 88 [FAS 88], and separate accounts and portfolio insurance. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This panel focuses on professional development and continuing education requirements of actuaries after fellowship. From the 1977 Record, Vol. 3, No. 3.

Description: Discusses plan design and funding issues – for small and large plans – arising from changes to the Section 415 limits, including: transition rules, adjustments to the $90,000 limit, combined-plan limits, top-heavy plans, and problem-solving. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Discusses professional statutory valuation standards, provides an update on the proposal of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Life and Health Actuarial Task Force [LHATF], and discusses minimum state requirements and federal income tax deductibility for reserves. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses the marketing of voluntary benefits to employee groups and addresses key success factors for distribution, product, and technology associated with the work-site marketing distribution channel.

Description: From the Record 1975 Vol. I, No. 4: Table of Contents for the Address, Digest of Discussions at Concurrent Sessions, and Teaching Sessions from the Society of Actuaries 1975 Annual Meeting held in Bal Harbor, Florida October 20-22.

Description: This presentation is a teaching session, number 69TS, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. In 2003, the SOA's Board of Governors approved a redesign of the education and examination system. The instructors present a review of the proposal, discuss the considerable progress that has been made to date with regard to implementation, and discuss the implications for actuarial education and training programs. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: In this “nontraditional” general session from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto, the panelists, a “judge,” a “defendant,” and a “prosecutor” present a humorous “trial” to explore what the boundaries of “traditional” actuarial work are. A theme of the session is that some of what we call “nontraditional” is an expansion of traditional actuarial work, and that we owe it to our public to broaden our horizons. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.