Description: This panel at the 1982 Society of Actuaries Orlando Spring Meeting focus on the balancing act between growth and sufficient surplus from both a stock and mutual company perspective.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting focuses on the impact of inflation, economic and social issues on financial reporting, insolvency within the financial security industry, changes in financial reporting and life insurance valuation in the current economic environment. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: This discussion provides a review of the critical relationships with CPA counterparts on topics such as GAAP, Pension Audit Guide, and the accounting practices for mutual life companies. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Description: This is the presidential address by SOA president, Richard S. Robertson. He laments how few actuaries are involved in university actuarial education. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1986 Vol. 38.

Description: In this session, panel members speculate about changes to insurance company taxation, policyholder taxation and insurance product taxation in the 1980's. Both U.S. and Canadian viewpoints are shared.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at product diversification as a means of establishing appropriate asset/liability matching and of offering a risk management tool. The basis for insurance company ratings of one rating agency is also discussed.

Description: This panel discussion was presented at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The topic of discussion was Individual Life Products, current economics, inflation, the responsibility of the actuary, and guides to professional conduct.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents a discussion of actuarial qualification standards, standards of practice SOP, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline - ABCD. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21. No. 4b.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists discuss emerging trends in the financial condition of the life insurance industry, how the financial condition of a company is determined by the rating agencies, and the value and reliability of ratings with respect to a company’s current and future financial condition. The potential role of actuaries, the value of the statutory financial statements, the users of the ratings, and how they affect the rated companies are discussed. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses federal income tax and life insurance including specific products - UL, Annuities and Modified Premium Whole Life, Stop Gap, and phantom dividends. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2.