Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This panel described the less obvious financial exposures and qualitative issues affecting an insurance company's financial strength. In addition, panelists discussed risk-based capital as a means of solvency assessment.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about the various factors to be considered in determining the interest margins for interest-sensitive life insurance, annuities and GICs, i.e. the difference in earned and credited rates including practical considerations. Valuing embedded options in assets and liabilities is also discussed.

Description: This session 151TS of the New Orleans Spring Meetinguses real life examples to demonstrate the more complex collateral types and structures and the risks and rewards of these financial instruments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about raising capital for mutual companies. Subjects discussed: 1. Access to capital markets. 2. Use of surplus debentures. 3. Demutualization. 4. Securitization. 5. Sale/leaseback of home office. 6. Sales of blocks of business. 7. Rating agency perspectives.

Description: This is a panel discussion sesssion on life insurance company cash flow issues under 1980's economic conditions, i.e. inflation, and how they affect various product lines. U.S., Canadian and U.K. perspectives are discussed.

Description: This session discusses how floating rate funding agreements, which have put options or short maturities, became an important product for many insurers in the 1990s. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 29PD.

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Discusses 'state of the art' of international mergers and acquisitions in Asia, Latin America and other fast-growing regions.

Description: This session is about GICS and other insurance company products that are used by private pension plans.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses basic considerations and the process of an international acquisition or merger.

Description: Panelists in session 260F of the Montreal Spring meeting discuss criteria for the selection and management of external investment advisors. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.