Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session focused on three projects funded by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund: risk models, operations research applications for actuaries and probability modeling of losses.

Description: This presentation, session number 44PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. “This session identifies meaningful, evolving dramatic insights arising from the studies and techniques of futurism. It shows how such insights are measured and affected by each other and existing dynamics through the use of actuarial models and related tools.” The presentation notes that “future studies basically takes over when the assumption of continuity in models is a weak assumption or in which there is some reason to believe that one might not be able to use the same model throughout the whole forecasting period.” Discussion from participants is included. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss the Joint CAS/SOA Statement of General Actuarial Principles Exposure draft. Topics included are: -actuarial modeling -statistical regularity -stochastic modeling -time preference -diversity of preferences -present value of modeling -modeling of actuarial risks -validity of actuarial models -combinations of cash flows Risk Management: -avoidance of risks -actuarial soundness -risk classification -induced experience -credibility -anti-selection -information asymmetry -selection experience. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: Panelists were members of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Education and Examination Committee, who discuss their proposal for several changes in the SOA's method of educating and qualifying actuaries. These proposed changes are collectively called Future Education Methods [FEM] and Flexible Education System [FES], and they are described in a White Paper on FEM which the Society has distributed to the membership. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: SOA education is continually evolving to meet the current and future needs of candidates, members, employers and the public. The presenters will review recent changes and preview what is to come in 2020.

Description: Panelists were members of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Education and Examination Committee, who discuss their proposal for several changes in the SOA's method of educating and qualifying actuaries. These proposed changes are collectively called Future Education Methods [FEM] and Flexible Education System [FES], and they are described in a White Paper on FEM which the Society has distributed to the membership. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: Panelists were members of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Education and Examination Committee, who discuss their proposal for several changes in the SOA's method of educating and qualifying actuaries. These proposed changes are collectively called Future Education Methods [FEM] and Flexible Education System [FES], and they are described in a White Paper on FEM which the Society has distributed to the membership. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Techniques that have gained some traction in general (property/casualty) insurance will be highlighted with a particular focus on the linear mixed model. This model adds random effects to the more commonly seen fixed effects (for example, as used in GLMs).

Description: It has been a year since the SOA implement major changes to the ASA curriculum. This session will provide an update on the changes and in particular focus on what we have seen as schools update their VEE and UCAP/CAE submissions.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session provides a brief overview of futurism techniques which can be employed in the strategic planning process, such as environmental scans or Delphi studies. A case study approach is used to provide attendees with a hands-on learning process.