Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. In this session panelists and attendees share successful ideas on communicating technical ideas to a nontechnical audience. Topics include: 1. Technical writing techniques. 2. Communicating with senior management. 3. Communicating with the public.

Description: This is a report that summarizes a Survey of Life Insurance Utilization of Automated Underwriting Systems. It was sponsored by the Committee on Life Insurance Research, Marketing and Distribution and Product Development Sections of the Society of Actuaries and the research was conducted by Deloitte. The report covers many aspects of how much industry interest there is for automated underwriting systems, the goals life insurers seek to accomplish in using them, how the automated systems function, and how successfully they perform.