Description: The 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 16 examines valuation issues for equity-indexed products.

Description: This session discussion is about term insurance developments, product design trends, AIDS considerations, reinsurer's support or lack thereof, recent statutory developments and nontraditional term products. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This article presents an overview of the history and issues associated with penetrating the middle market for individual life insurance. Underwriting and marketing approaches are suggested. The potential role of the reinsurer is explored.

Description: This presentation is a Teaching Session, number 38TS, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The instructors provide an introduction into how complex adaptive systems [CAS] can be applied to solve actuarial problems. They provide a general overview of CAS, including genetic algorithms, neural network, nonlinear modeling, and agent-based modeling, provide recent examples of applications to business problems, and discuss how CAS approaches can be used to address actuarial pricing and valuation issues, such as modeling customer behavior. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. Panelists share recent success stories and emerging opportunities using direct marketing techniques to profitably grow business. They discuss developing market-driven databases, applying the integrated marketing concept, marketing with individual specific consumer information, development of new market niches, and customized product offer design. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Chicago. This discussion is about direct marketing growth in the 1980s, sustaining the growth in the 1990s, regulatory constraints in the 1990s, impact of continuing production cost increases, new product designs, and declining response rate.

Description: Discusses the purpose, membership, and many activities of the Non-Traditional Marketing Section, which was formed in 1984.

Description: In session 74OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelist discuss the overall structure of management of corporate risk, including asset/liability management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the strategic planning cycle: vision, mission, values, strategies, objectives, tactical plans, and resourcing. Discussion includes the annual planning cycle and day-to-day strategic behavior. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Target Markets - true third party, fictitious trust, individuals, Media - mail, television, periodicals, Product choice and design.