Description: Discusses sources of traditional agent issues, trends in employer-sponsored sales, successes with financial institutions, and developments in direct-response marketing. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: This panel discussion is about insurance organizations that combine Life and Casualty operations. It focused on: 1. Advantages and disadvantages of All-Lines Charters 2. Tax implications of adding the alternate line 3. Marketing implications 4. Capacity and surplus implications

Description: Conceptual discussion of the financial crisis in our life insurance distribution systems including the cost of developing an agent, the retention of the agent and production/productivity of the agent and agent compensation issues

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the adoption and implementation of a segmentation and market specialization strategy. Two examples of strategy for the Individual and Group lines of business are reviewed. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 1

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the current status since the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley bill, outlook for bank distribution of insurance products, and experiences with bank-insurer conglomerations.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session is about the marketing front, including demographic trends, impact on products, market research, market segments and distribution.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discusses new forms of compensation that are being utilized, the impact on product design, and the impact on company profitability.

Description: Discusses prepaid legal service, auto clubs, credit security, add-ons, upgrades, and cross-sell. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: Discusses applying modern marketing tools used in other industries to the design, pricing, sale, and promotion of life insurance products. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: In session 72OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss alternatives that companies are considering in the compensation area, including levelized commissions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.