Description: 1999 SOA Regional Meeting, Atlanta. In this presentation on translating bond default experience studies into a pricing deduction, the panelists focus on: 1. An approach to anticipating defaults of publicly rated companies. 2. Use of bond default experience studies in a specific company environment. 3. A Wall street approach.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session explored the product design, pricing, and investment management strategies to mitigate the risk of long term minimum interest rates in a low interest rate environment.

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: 1999 SOA Regional Meeting, Atlanta. In this session on financial performance measurement in life insurance companies, the panelists discussed: 1. Value-added financial analysis. 2. Performance management using transfer pricing. 3. Investment benchmarking.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session explored the various ways a mutual company might attempt to access the capital markets and the various procedures and instruments that might be employed to acquired capital.