Description: Discusses an SOA study entitled Blue Ocean Strategies. The objective was to deliver insight into how the use of technology may impact the design, marketing, sales, underwriting and/or processing of insurance.

Description: This article talks about the challenges facing the FDA, especially those arising from the globalization of the pharmaceutical supply chain.

Description: Record of the Society of Actuaries: 1981 Vol.7 No. 1 This is a panel discussion session examining life insurance company organization and the emerging managerial environment, strategies and organization.

Description: This 1981 session focused on Life and Casualty Company Organization for the 1980's. Topics included: 1. The Emerging Managerial Environment 2. Emerging Strategies - What new strategies are called for, and how will goals change with respect Co: a. Profit? b. Surplus levels? c. Growth? 3. Emerging Organization - How should companies organize for the future? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: This report summarizes the results of a Delphi study to identify and debate possible new approaches or Blue Ocean strategies to acquiring business by life insurers. Appendices are included.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. In this discussion, digital cash and its impact on society and financial institutions are examined and an update on annuity technology is provided.

Description: These are the appendices to a report summarizing the results of a Delphi study to identify and debate possible new approaches or Blue Ocean Strategies to acquiring business by life insurers.

Description: As the insurance industry struggles along with the rest of its financial services brethren to operate in the current global recession, it must consider the true value of innovation. Insurers should reduce the focus on improving what they know how to do and look to what they could be doing in light of the change that swirls around them.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Presents case studies on the use of technology to solve some of the problems commonly encountered by actuaries in smaller companies.

Description: This report summarizes the results of a Delphi study to identify and debate possible new approaches or Blue Ocean Strategies to acquiring business by life insurers.