Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. Discusses the 'Flexible Education Proposal' created by the SOA regarding improvements to the education and examination system.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, June 1998, Issue No. 35.

Description: This panel discussion, from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on development as of 1982 in the education and exam system. Topics included: 1. Goals, purposes and objectives of actuarial examination and education. 2. Critique of the current system. 3. Role of the academic community in actuarial education. 4. Interrelationship of the Society's E&E structure with that of other actuarial bodies. 5. Plans and future directions.

Description: Discusses the impact of federal income-tax laws on policyholders, insurance companies, and product design and marketing. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Panelists were members of the Actuary of the Future/Future of the Actuary Task Force of the Society of Actuaries [SOA]. They discussed the topics in their report to the SOA Board of Governors that related to a description of the current profession, the demand for actuaries in the 21st Century, what actuaries will be doing in the 21st Century, and implications for the selection, education, and training of actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This is the first article in a newly announced Q&A feature which provides answers to questions from readers about the E&E Program, from the Education and Examination Committee.

Description: This paper presents an analysis of the basic actuarial theory for life insurance policies which have fixed premiums, the entire reserve held in a separate account, the assets of which would be invested primarily in common stocks, etc. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 1, No. 61

Description: Praise and critisicm of ERISA. Items affecting ERISA The Patient Access to Responsible Care Act of 1997 PARCA, Consumer Bill of Rights, Expansion of Portability and Health Insurance Coverage Act of 1997 EPHIC. Issue No. 35.

Description: By rationing heath care resources, managed-care organizations have raised ethical and legal issues not commonly found under previous health-care-financing structures. Panelists, including a member of the Board and the Executive Committee of the American Medical Association [AMA], and the audience debate this issue. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This panel discussion session looked at recent and proposed regulation of life insurance underwriting. Specific topics included: i. Problems with traditional underwriting classifications: privacy, disclosure, anti-discrimination, etc. 2. New and acceptable classifications: smoking, lifestyle, build, blood pressure, finances, etc. 3. Possible transition problems: existing policies, persistency, coordination of previous data with newer classes, etc.