Description: This session 26PD of the Dallas Spring Meeting discusses the soon-to-be-released findings of this working group. The survey presented includes life, P/C, and multi-line companies as well as a comparison to practices in the banking industry and European insurers. This is a repeat session. Please see the Record Volume 27, No 2 of the Toronto Spring Meeting for details of this session.

Description: A panel of actuaries and clinical consultants at this session of the SOA 2003 Vancouver Spring Meeting provides an assessment of current and future applications of predictive modeling techniques in the health arena. A practical example of risk adjustment, discussion of the clinical use of this technique, and applications in underwriting are discussed.

Description: From a session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 In this session, the panelists will discuss effective communication and how to communicate, in particular in the context of presentations, with a focus on 'connecting' with the audience.

Description: From a session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 The panelists discuss the benefits of hedging variable annuity guarantees, the challenges they face and how they keep score.

Description: This presentation from Session 73 of the SOA June 2005 New Orleans Health/Pension Spring Meeting discusses the emerging risks faced by Social Security, Medicare, and other public sector retirement plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the special problems and opportunities of a small company, specifically, tracking current developments, the role of the actuary, distribution systems and other actuarial problems.

Description: This session discussion is about what factors affect the small employer's choice of programs, how may the small employer capitalize on recent developments in managed health care, what problems do insurance companies have in marketing and communicating their plans to small employers, are partially self-insured benefits a threat or an opportunity for carriers in this market. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.

Description: From The Actuary, May 1997, Volume 31, Issue No. 5. This article reflects on NAAJ's July issue. The topic and it's importance of modeling is drawing new attention in both science and business.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1998 – volume 32 - Issue 5: Significant developments have occurred since the conference “Fair Value of Insurance Liabilities” was held in December 1995. The SOA, in conjunction with New York University, has scheduled a follow-up conference, “Fair Value of Insurance Business,” for March 18-19, 1999, in New York City.

Description: Full version of The Actuary, December 1999, Vol. 33, No. 10.