Description: An Editorial which encourages taking planned, calculated risks for the long term success of the actuarial profession.

Description: This Report presents the results of a three-year study on Demutualization by a Task Force of the Society of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: In this paper the author discusses pricing insurance products in the larger framework of company planning and management. The author also presents a generalized description of the pricing function, which is applicable to any insurance company product. The author discusses the relationship of the premium formulation function to the management of an insurance company, balancing the requirements of management, shareholders, policyholders, and marketing personnel. Includes discussion and author’s review of discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982 Volume 34.

Description: This paper sets the task of pricing insurance products in the larger framework of company planning and management. A generalized description of the pricing function, applicable to any insurance company project.

Description: This session discussion is about results and implications of the Futurism Section's 1989 Delphi Project. This study developed input on important issues and changes facing our profession and industry. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers various measures of profitability by line of business, analysis of earnings and techniques to measure the surplus needed to support a line or product. From Record of Society Of Actuaries Vol. 9. No. 3

Description: This article lists and describes the year 2000 scenario developed from the Delphi survey of Futurism Section members. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 2

Description: Presenters compare actuarial predictions made in 1989 with the actual occurrences and developments of 1999. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: This is a panel discussion of underwriting, pricing and societal considerations in insuring risks such as financial guarantees, product and professional liability, workers' compensation benefits, unemployment benefits, and others in a changing social and economic environment.

Description: This panel discussion looks at new pricing techniques including the use of risk theory, pricing for the entire rate book, and the handling of overhead expenses. There is also a discussion of setting assumptions and the sources of data for assumptions.