Description: Presented at June 2000 Spring Meeting. Discusses adjustments mutual company actuaries have to make after demutualization: financial reporting, product design and pricing, profit measures, and roles and opportunities.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 The panel provides background on the impact of the passage of HR10 in November 1999 on the future of credit insurance, as well as the life insurance industry in general.

Description: This panel discussion occurred at the SOA's 1975 Bal Harbour meeting. The topic was the relationship of the actuary to the policyholder including, non-discrimination issues, improved policyholder service, dividend philosophy, cost comparisons and disclosure obligations. 1975 Record Vol. 1, No. 4

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the process used by lobbyists to influence legislation and regulation: issue identification, grass roots campaigns, direct one-on-one lobbying.

Description: Discussion of the attitudes of consumers and consumerists regarding the life insurance industry and its products and a discussion of opportunities for improvement Topics include: 1. Disclosure to existing policyholders 2. Policy loan problems, including the policy replacement problem 3. dividend determination practices and 4. deceptive sales practices in the llfe insurance business.

Description: Panel discussion exploring likely future scenarios, encompassing: Balance between state and federal regulation, effects of trends in tax regulation, and implications of all-federal or all-state regulation. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 2.

Description: This 1978 session focused on education for the profession and expanding roles of the actuary. Topics include i. Education for an expanding actuarial profession.2. Expanding the actuary's role in life, property and liability insurance From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 1.

Description: This general session features the keynote speaker from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The theme of the session looks to the future in addressing the issues facing the economy, the insurance industry, and actuaries. Discussion from the floor is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the duties and responsibilities of appointed actuaries, including compliance with qualification standards and actuarial standards of practice. They discuss the United States, where new regulations were recently adopted by the National Association of insurance Commissioners [NAIC], developments in Canada, where new legislation is expected to pass, and also world practice, looking at Europe and the U.K. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists present the preliminary report of The Society of Actuaries Task Force for Research on Life Insurance Sales Illustrations, summarizing the results of the task force’s work to date. Acknowledging the near universal belief that current sales illustration practices are inadequate, the panelists, members of the task force, discuss the alternatives to current illustration practices that the task force identified. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.