Description: Panelists discussed the implications of the growing trend in Canada toward demutualization of mutual companies into stock companies. Topics covered include: 1. The Canadian demutualization process and some interesting differences between companies and across borders. 2. How is eligibility determined? 3. What process is being used to determine allocation of shareholder value? 4. What mechanisms are in place to protect policyholders' reasonable expectations? 5. What internal and financial structural changes are driven by demutualization? 6. How financial markets assess stock value for companies operating internationally.

Description: Presenters focus on the skills and abilities needed by actuaries to be successful in senior management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. In this session panelists discussed new investment options including an overview of traditional assets, an asset-allocation framework, specific markets' risk characteristics and some implications for risk-based capital for asset management. The discussion included derivatives, fixed income alternatives, and equity alternatives.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This panel described the less obvious financial exposures and qualitative issues affecting an insurance company's financial strength. In addition, panelists discussed risk-based capital as a means of solvency assessment.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session discussed the work of an industry group that is in the process of developing total return benchmarks and universes for the measurement of insurance company investment performance.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session about fluctuation in interest rates covered: 1. The impact of increasing interest rates on liabilities. 2. Whether insurance companies are prepared for movements in interest rates. 3. The effects that rising interest rates have on the asset side of the balance sheet and some of the associated risks. 4. Investment strategy and asset-liability strategy, using the SPDA product as example.

Description: This session discusses what will happen to supplemental coverages under health care reform. Topics include traditional group ancillary benefits, health care reform supplements, and traditional individual/group niche products? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session gave Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department an opportunity to address specific issues of their choice. Topics included: 1. Nondiscrimination regulations under 401a17. 2. Separate line of business regulations. 3. IRS determination letter. 4. Examination program. 5. Modifications recently made to help plan sponsors cope with the myriad of rules and regulations for which they have to amend their plans.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting discuss proposed changes to the NAIC model for Long Term Care Insurance designed to promote initial rate adequacy and decrease the role of rate increases in maintaining profitability.

Description: Critical illness policies pay a large lump sum based upon diagnosis of conditions such as heart attack, stroke, life-threatening cancer, kidney failure, etc. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1, session 119PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting.