Description: Panelists, who are on the NAIC Special Advisory Committee – Valuation Law, discuss the current status of efforts to revise the SVL and the requirements for the actuarial opinion. They also solicit, and get, audience participation and questions. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This 1981 session reviewed the relationship of group and individual insurance. Topics include differences in underwriting, legal constraints, marketing and distribution, and the nature of guarantees provided

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is an exploration of how current and possible future changes in the actuary's work environment may affect his/her responsibilities as a professional. Potential changes include: creation of Interim Actuarial Standards Board, developing role of valuation actuary, increasing importance of actuarial consultants, enrolled actuaries, actuaries as expert witnesses, and impact of professional liability lawsuits.

Description: Panelists discuss: the role of the actuary in providing expert-witness testimony in the courts, practices in Canada and the U.S., bases used to calculate actuarial values, and professional standards and guidelines. Also, an experienced U.S. attorney gives his impression of the role of the actuary in court. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Discusses time-until-death random variables, present-value random variables, and prospective-loss random variables that are used in the new book 'Actuarial Mathematics.' From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This session discussion is about the report of the Task Force and its implications for the future of the actuary. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. The main objective of this session is to let you know just how wide the range of activities is for actuaries and to discuss how an actuary can find his niche in this broad spectrum of activity and pick out that nontraditional role that will make him happy and that will be rewarding and exciting.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This panel presents an overview of current and future employment trends in each area of the actuarial profession. Topics include: skill development, marketability and future opportunity positioning.

Description: Panel members discuss their roles in actual pension negotiations. Topics covered include neutrality versus advocacy, maintaining a long-term relationship and the role of the third actuary in a dispute. Attendees learn how actuaries deal with common conflicts and how to conduct themselves in a professional manner in a difficult advocacy environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 46pd.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. Discusses viable options for second careers utilizing an actuarial background. Society members who have moved into such career paths will offer their perspectives on: their personal experiences and options, the contribution of their actuarial training, how others view the actuary and current and future options available to actuaries.