Description: Panelists discuss potential effects on the health insurance system and implications of future developments in genetic technology. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 53.

Description: This 1981 discussion session is about public social policies and their impact on public and private retirement plans in the United States and Canada. The key issues discussed pertain to age, sex and marital status, and income level. Also discussed is the possible impact of public social policies on future trends in disability benefits, death benefits, termination benefits, and other factors in private and public retirement plans.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the Society of Actuaries' review of its activities to determine if they comply with federal antitrust law. A specific item addressed was the recommendations on Theory of Dividends and Other Non-Guaranteed Elements in Life Insurance and Annuties. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2

Description: This 1978 discussion focused on risk classification and privacy, including the following questions: What are the implications of the Privacy Study Commission's recommendations? What legislative developments have occurred? What can be expected? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting reports on Society of Actuaries antitrust review, the reasons for the review and the view of the recent work on Dividends and Other Non-Guaranteed Elements in Life Insurance and Annuities. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: In this session 50SM of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists review the results of recent tax court cases that will have an impact on the tax treatment of reinsurance agreements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session provided information on executive compensation plans in the US, with special emphasis on nonqualified deferred compensation programs. Topics included: 1. Golden parachutes. 2. Limitations on deductibility of executive compensation. 3. Taxation for constructive receipt and the ERISA issues of these plans.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session provided information on executive compensation plans in the US, with special emphasis on nonqualified deferred compensation programs. Topics included: 1. The growing importance of nonqualified deferred-compensation plans and the description of those plans typically used to supplement retirement income. 2. Issues relating to severance plans. 3. Deferred compensation via stock and other equity-type compensation.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting has former U.S. Senator Don Riegle speaking on the current government regime and an overview of banking and insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This panel discussion, presented at the SOA's May 1976 Meeting in Houston, covered information and opinions related to consumerist trends and their actuarial implications. Discussions included: the U.S. Senate's Consumer Information and Fairness Act, NAIC disclosures, entitlement, changing life styles, confidentiality, availability of coverages, and Canadian consumerist developments.