Record of Society of Actuaries 1996, Vol. 22, No. 3 - Contents

Orlando Meeting–October 27–30, 1996

This issue of the Record was edited by:
Gary S. Lange (Chairperson), Edward Cowman, Richard Hyclak, Alan Lauer, Steve Malerich, Jack Rollier, and Max Rudolph.

• Session #3 PD
• Insurance Companies and the Internet
• Scott T. Parkinson, Gregory P. Potter
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• Session #4 PD
• An Update on Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
• Roland E. King, Mark E. Litow, Larry J. Pfannerstill, Harry L. Sutton
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• Session #6 PD
• The Impact of Regulation in Japan and Other Asian Insurance Markets
• Stephen H. Conwill, Thomas A. Jaros, Stephan Rajotte
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• Session #4 PD
• An Update on Medical Savings Accounts (MSA)
• Roland E. King, Mark E. Litow, Larry J. Pfannerstill, Harry L. Sutton
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• Session #7 PD
• Asset Valuation Methods: Smoothing Out the Ride
• Robert L. Schmidt, Matthew T. Sloan
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• Session #8 PD
• Nonforfeiture Law Developments
• Craig R. Raymond, Walter S. Rugland, Thomas C. Foley, David G. Zimmerman
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• Session #9 PD
• Professional Responsibility and Standards
• Lauren M. Bloom, Henry K. Knowlton, Robert B. Likins, Richard S. Robertson, Allan W. Ryan
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• Session #10 PD
• Fair Value Accounting
• Robert M. Beuerlein, Luke N. Girard, Douglas W. Johnson, Kevin William Roper, George E. Silos
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• Session #11 PD
• The Control Cycle: Pricing Issues and Financial Reporting
• Rachel M. Hancock, Douglas C. Kolsrud, Robert W. Omdal
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• Session #12 TS
• Forecasting Social Security Actuarial Assumptions
• Richard S. Foster, Edward (JED) W. Frees, Krzystof M. Ostaszewski, Howard Young
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• Session #19 PD
• Ripe Annuities
• John M. Fenton, Thomas L. May, William C. Tomilin, Darin G. Zimmerman
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• Session #20 PD
• They Came for AIDS, They Stayed for Liver (Laboratory Testing in Risk Selection)
• Richard L. Bergstrom, Vera Dolan, Henry C. George
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• Session #22 PD
• Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Tax on Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) Accruals: Pay It Now or Later?
• Jeffrey A. Groves, Duke Miles
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• Session #23 PD
• Effective Use of Services Available to Small–Company Actuaries
• Frank J. Barrett, Robert Grieb, Douglas J. Knowling, Craig K. Nordyke, Jeffrey G. Stevenson
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• Session #24 PD
• An Alternative to Assumption Reinsurance
• James W. Dallas, Willis B. Howard, Jr., Thomas E. Skillman, Michael P. Trier
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• Session #25 PD
• Current Developments in Financial Reporting
• Charles D. Friedstat, Jack F. Myers, Arthur V. Panighetti, Henry W. Siegel
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• Session #27 PD
• Update on Life Insurance Illustration
• Abraham S. Gootzeit, William C. Koenig, Esther Milnes, Edward S. Silins
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• Session #29 OF
• Managed Disability–The Wave of the Future?
• Thomas R. Corcoran, John D. Dawson, Ted Haslam, Jacalyn Reinberg
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• Session #31 RP
• Marketing Actuaries to Nontraditional Employers–What Product, Exactly, Are We Marketing?
• Robert L. Buckner, Aimee Jordan, Barbara N. Opper, Joseph Paesani
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• Session #40 SM
• Update–Futurism 101
• Peter C. Bishop, E. Tom Huges, Alan L. Mills
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• Session #44 SM
• Progress of International Forum of Actuarial Associations (IFAA)
• Robert L. Collett, Christopher David Daykin, Kevin M. Law, Walter S. Rugland, Richard M. Tan
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• Session #45 SM
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Recent Developments
• Larry M. Gorski, Douglas C. Kolsrud
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• Session #49 OF
• Asset/Liability Management in Practice
• Donald P. Groover, David A. Hall, Doug Healy, Joseph M. Rafson David L. Rockwell
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• Session #50 PD
• A Look at the Annuity Market after Department of Labor Interpretive Bulletin 95-1: Where Have All the Insurers Gone?
• Brian Clark, Zenaida M. Samaniego, Richard G. Schreitmueller
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• Session #51 PD
• Variable Products
• W. Thomas Connor, Nancy M. Kenneally, Mark A. Milton, Timothy C. Pfeifer
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• Session #52 PD
• Professional Standards Affecting Health Actuaries
• Harry L. Sutton, Jr.
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• Session #59 PD
• Actuarial Opportunities in the 1990s and Beyond
• David J. Fishbaum, Azmina Jiwani, Peter Hepokoski, Terri Michalewicz
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• Session #60 PD
• Technology News Flash
• John D. Dugan, Gregory M. Mateja, Peter C. Wayner
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• Session #61 PD
• Medicare Reform: What Has Happened and What Can Happen?
• Frederick B. Abbey, Richard S. Foster, Roland E. King, Harry L. Sutton, Jr.
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• Session #62 PD
• Research and the Pension Actuary: Prospecting for Gold
• Joseph A. Applebaum, Thomas P. Edwalds, Adrien R. LaBombarde
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• Session #63 PD
• Asset/Liability Management for Social Security Systems
• Robert L. Brown, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski
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• Session #64 PD
• Actuaries In and Around Litigation
• Tim Muth, J. Lynn Peabody
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• Session #66 PD
• Issues in Life Insurance Consolidation
• Harris N. Bak, Ira Friedman, Henry W. Siegel
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• Session #67 OF
• United States and Canadian Long–Term Disability Experience
• J.D. Have, G. Nicholas Smith
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• Session #69 D
• What's Next for Annuities
• Inger S. Harrington, G. Thomas Mitchell, Timothy C. Pfeifer Timothy J. Ruark, Michael Winterfield
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• Session #80 CS
• Achieving Successful Organizational Integration
• Irving R. Burling, David A. Whitsett
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• Session #83 PD
• Actuaries In Nontraditional Roles
• Jack L. Baumer, Paul V. Bruce, Kent M. Bergene, Robert M. Katz, Robert C. Ochsner
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• Session #84 PD
• Investing within Developing Countries–A Caribbean Case Study
• Stephen M.C. Alleyne, Daisy M. McFarlane-Coke, A. Claude Musaib-Ali Michelle Chong Tai-Bell
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• Session #85 PD
• Risk-Based Capital According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• William F. Bluhm, Steven E. Lippai, Donna C. Novak, Robert E. Wilcox
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• Session #86 PD
• Managed Care and Medical Ethics
• David V. Axene, Robert Z. Bruckman, Mark Cloutier, Deborah Whisnand
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• Session #87 PD
• Legal Issues Affecting Nontraditional Products
• James F. Jorden, Don N. Patterson, Thomas Tew
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• Session #88 PD
• Developments in Mortality Experience
• Jay D. Biehl, Theresa A. Choka, Diane Z. Hobbs, Allen M. Klein
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• Session #89 PD
• Investment Strategy Formulation and Implementation
• Dennis L. Carr, Andrew S. Chow, Michael A. Hughes, Frederick W. Jackson, Harry R. Miller, Albert V. Sekac
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• Session #90 PD
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Implementation Issues
• Robert M. Beuerlein, James B. Milholland, Mary Ann H. Peltier, Ronald T. Takemoto
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• Session #91 PD
• Guideline 33 Implementation Issues
• Gregory S. Broer, Paul D. Facey, Robert J. LaLonde
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• Session #92 OF
• Canadian Financial Reporting Topics
• Daniel N. Barron, Mike Lombardi
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• Session #93 D
• For and Against Industry Consolidation
• Scott J. Cipinko, Thomas R. Dlouhy, A. Grant Hemphill, Michael E. Sproule, Melville J. Young
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• Session #114 PD
• Doing Business in the East Asian Life Insurance Market
• Chiu-Cheng Chang, Stephen H. Conwill, Kermitt L. Cox, Leo J. Herbers
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• Session #115 PD
• Who Wants Yesterday's News?
• Richard G. Schreitmueller, David Weingarten
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• Session #116 PD
• Medicaid Reform: Block Grants and More
• Eugene A. Grasser, Patricia MacTaggart, James N. Roberts
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• Session #117 PD
• Alternate Delivery of Disability Coverage
• Darnell Dent, Dale Johnson, Stephen M. Maher, Timothy O'Donnell, Margaret Sullivan, Richard C. Zenker
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• Session #118 PD
• Actuarial Aspects of Loan Guarantees
• Henry W. Hansen, Sam Gutterman
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• Session #119 D
• XXX Status Report
• Larry M. Gorski, R. Thomas Herget, Mark J. Oberhellman
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• Session #120 PD
• Strategic Management of Insurance Company Risk
• Helen Galt, Mary Gottschalk, Craig R. Raymond, C. Nelson Strom
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• Session #121 PD
• Professional Standards Affecting Life Actuaries
• Thomas C. Foley, Frank S. Irish, William C. Koenig, James A. Youngquist
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• Session #122 TS
• Accounting for Reinsurance Agreements
• Alan E. Close, William M. Frasier
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• Session #126 TS
• Values and Risks of Complex Financial: Instruments Monte Carlo and Low–Discrepancy Points
• Faye Albert, Graham Lord, Anargyros Papageorgiou, Irwin T. Vanderhoof, Leonard H. Wissner
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• Session #128 TS
• Navigating Through Stormy Seas
• John W. Boynton, David E. Neve, Richard K. Wong
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• Session #129 PD
• The Ratings Game
• Herbert E. Goodfriend, William R. Horbatt
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• Session #132 PD
• Use of Derivatives by the Insurance Industry
• David J. Cummins, Lucien Burnett, Larry M. Gorski, Warren R. Luckner, Thomas A. McAvity, Richard D. Phillips
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• Session #133 PD
• Developments in Mexico
• Manuel Aguilera, C.P. Javier Compean Amezcua, Ignacio Gurza De Con, John O. Nigh
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• Session #135 PD
• Implementing the Illustration Regulation: The Clock Is Ticking
• Thomas L. Bakos, David N. Karo, Daniel Theodore, Robert E. Wilcox
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• Session #137 IF
• Actuarial Issues in the Evaluation of Healthcare Reform Proposals
• Mark E. Litow, Thomas D. Snook, Sondra G. Wittman
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• Session #139 OF
• Education and Examination Redesign
• Jeffrey A. Beckley, Robert L. Brown, Cecil D. Bykerk, Marta L. Holmberg
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• Session #146 IF
• Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis Handbook Task Force
• William J. Bugg, Jr., Michael V. Eckman, James F. Reisktyl, Judy L. Strachan
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• Session #150 IF
• Plan Design–Defined Benefit Only: It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile
• Eric P. Lofgren, Matthew T. Sloan
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• *Accounting for Derivatives
• J. Peter Duran, Dean R. Hindman, Michael S. Joseph, Deborah Whitmore
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• *Assessing the "Old Age Crisis"–the Perspective of the Actuary and the Actuarial Profession
• Christopher David Daykin, E. Tom Hughes, Robert M. Katz, Donald A. McIsaac, Robert J. Myers
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• *Asset Modeling beyond CMOs
• Mark Abbott, Gregory J. Roemelt, Alan Routhenstein
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• *Capital Management
• Bryan J. Featherstone, Salim Manzor, Hans J. Wagner
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• *Hot Topics in Individual Disability Income
• Vincent A. DeMarco, Joseph Kanarek, Gary L. Kiontke, Bruce A. Richards
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• *Mergers of Mutuals
• J. Peter Duran, Daniel J. Fitzgerald, Terence Lennon, Brian L. Moore
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• *Plan Design–Hybrid Plans with Defined-Contribution Options: The Best of Both Worlds
• Paul W. Robberson
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• *Securitizations of Insurance Risks
• David A. Becker, James A. Tilley
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• *Which Statistical Paradigm Is Best for You?
• Jacques F. Carriere, Charles S. Fuhrer, Stuart Klugman, H. Dennis Tolley
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*The following sessions from the Orlando Meeting, October 27–30, 1996 will not be available on the Society's web site and will not be available for release to the public. Record sessions must meet certain standards before they can be released to the membership. The recorded version of these sessions failed to meet these standards for a variety of reasons.