Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about raising capital for mutual companies. Subjects discussed: 1. Access to capital markets. 2. Use of surplus debentures. 3. Demutualization. 4. Securitization. 5. Sale/leaseback of home office. 6. Sales of blocks of business. 7. Rating agency perspectives.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session explored the various ways a mutual company might attempt to access the capital markets and the various procedures and instruments that might be employed to acquired capital.

Description: This session at the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting focuses on the issues involved in building a scenario generator. It covers the data set used to develop and calibrate the generator as well as a discussion of different approaches and their features. Implementation is addressed along with potential pitfalls.

Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. The panelists discussed approaches for measuring risk across risk elements on a consistent basis and discuss the methods for aggregating results and measuring diversification.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 54PD, from the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 24-27 in New York. Asking the question ‘what's causing a scarcity of capital in the life insurance and life reinsurance industries?’ the panelists discuss emerging sources of capital, and the issues surrounding capital, looking at possible responses from ceding companies, reinsurers, regulators, and rating agencies. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 3.

Description: This article announces the awarding of fellowship credits to Gary Parker for the article he wrote, entitled “Stochastic Analysis of the Interaction Between Investment and Insurance Risks,” and provides a brief synopsis of the paper.

Description: This article looks at the recent trend of mergers and acquisitions between very large organizations. The driving forces, issues involved and keys to success are discussed. The role of the actuary in this process is also reviewed.

Description: Panel discussion on inflation's impact on business procedures, contingency plans, long-term benefit levels, and determination of financial reporting items such as future reserves, surplus levels, operating expenses, and net gains. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: Asset Adequacy Analysis for the Long-Term Care Product: A Case Study by Amy Pahl from Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2004, Issue No. 13.

Description: Book Review Pension Fund Excellence—Creating Value for Stakeholders by K.P. Ambachtsteere & D.D. Ezra Reviewed by Barnet N. Berin from Pension Section News, November 1998, Issue No. 38.