Description: This presentation from Session 90 of the SOA June 2005 New Orleans Health/Pension Spring Meeting focuses on consulting about and communicating retirement plan risks, as well as risk management and mitigation strategies, to plan sponsors. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2.

Description: The following topics were discussed from the perspective of small companies: 1. Pensions, 2. Agency issues, 3. Financial results and planning, and 4. Miscellaneous issues including the impact of inflation on life insurance and annuity products, variable annuities, product development, market research, and financial forecasting. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 53.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 7PD, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists discuss how in practice there is considerable variation from company to company in the functions that fall within the corporate actuary’s role. They discuss variations in corporate actuarial functions, and corporate actuaries’ role in their company’s management structure. The panelists explore trends in the role of the corporate actuary, and what makes for an effective corporate actuarial function. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Gary Corbett. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1988, Vol. 40, Pt. 1.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting discusses the bestselling book Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan. The discussion focuses on turning strategy into success through execution. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session will describe the theoretical and practical aspects of several tools currently being used by a growing number of companies to assist in strategic re-positioning as financial supermarkets.

Description: Andy Rallis delivers his speech at the presidential luncheon of the SOA 2019 SOA Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Toronto.

Description: Discusses developing an investment strategy for new products, inconsistencies between pricing and financial-reporting models, and total return on the investment portfolio versus total return to the company. These topics are addressed from the perspectives of [1] a corporate actuarial department head, [2] a consultant to life companies in these areas, and [3] a preeminent risk-management actuary. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting addresses the changing role of the consulting actuary and the opportunities, problems, and rewards of becoming more heavily involved in the marketing of services and/or the management of a practice area. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the special problems and opportunities of a small company, specifically, tracking current developments, the role of the actuary, distribution systems and other actuarial problems.