Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. Topics to be discussed include possible standards of practice relating to demutualizations and to changes to nonforeiture laws.

Description: This is article covers a session from the Annual Meeting about financial analysis and corporate strategy. It discusses: evaluation of external factors that affect the long-run outlook for the company, assessment of strategic opportunities and development of long-range action plans. 1975 Record Vol.1 No. 4

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about proposed revisions of the Standard Valuation Law. The changes from the insurance company and regulator perspective are discussed. The concept of the valuation actuary is also discussed.

Description: The Use of Reliance in Actuarial Opinions by Frank S. Irish from The Financial Reporter, December 2002, Issue No. 51.

Description: Panelists: [1] describe the goals, purposes, and current status of the Society of Actuaries' research into the credit risk of commercial mortgages and private-placement bonds, [2] describe the theory behind the new AVR and IMR and how they function, [3] describe their use from the valuation actuary’s perspective, and [4] discuss the potential impact the AVR/IMR may have on investing and accounting decisions. Session 11 of the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session is about professional standards and the appointed actuary.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Hurdle rates, Internal rate of return, Payback, Net present value, Lease versus buy decisions, Build versus buy decisions, Application to computer hardware and software decisions, Project budgeting, Post-implementation audit.

Description: This session takes a different approach than the similarly named session at the Spring 1988 Meeting. Here, panelists: [1] provide a 'Corporate Planning 101' background, [2] discuss planning surplus, and [3] discuss implementation challenges. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

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 article contains reviews of the following books: 1. 'Medicare' by Robert J. Myers, 2. 'Theory and Problems of Numerical Analysis' by Francis Scheid, 3. 'A Short Introduction to Numerical Analysis' by M. V. Wilkes, 4. 'Introductory Numerical Analysis' by Anthony J. Pettofrezzo, 5. 'Insurance Coverage for Mental Illness' by J. F. Follmann, Jr., 6. 'The Demograpky of Tropical Africa' by William Brass et al., 7. 'Successful Profit Sharing Plans: Theory and Practice' by Donald X. Murray, 8. 'Cost Facts on Life Insurance' edited by Price Gaines, Jr., and 9. 'Life Insurance Theory and Practice' by Robert I. Mehr. Notices of other studies and articles are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 1, No. 64.