Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses Life Association structure, Casualty Association structure, Proposed NAIC changes, alternative approaches for Life Associations, prognosis for the future.

Description: In this article, the incoming president of the SOA article discusses the centennial year of the profession in North America, our accomplishments and the challenges we face.

Description: The gala Centennial Celebration June 12-I4 in Washington, D.C., will mark a century of challenge, growth, and achievement for the actuarial profession in North America. At this landmark meeting, we will take a thoughtful look at our profession's past and make some exciting projections into our future. Sponsoring organizations are the American Academy of Actuaries, Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Casualty Actuarial Society, Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, and Society of Actuaries.

Description: This discussion at an SOA 1968 Regional Meeting compares variable annuitis and mutual funds from a company and customer standpoint. Other opportunities for selling equity based products as well as the Canadian experience are explored.

Description: This article summarizes information on the regulatory aspects of variable annuities, both federal and state, and offers thoughts on corporate structure, product, marketing and sales commissions.

Description: This session discussion is about Captain Gerard L. Coffee's survival in a prison of war camp during the Vietnam war. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: In this article, taken from the author’s remarks at LIMRA's 1980 Annual Meeting, the theme is that the “new generation” of permanent life insurance products, including Universal Life, do meet policyholders’ needs, and that life insurance products, far from being static, evolve to suit the markets they serve and the public's needs. An editor’s note at the end also refers the reader to another article, which presents a “distinctly different viewpoint.”

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Annual Meeting covers equity-oriented product issues including deciding to sell variable annuities, sales methods, the effect of SEC regulations, and new equity product ideas.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on state versus federal regulation of insurance. Topics included: 1. Current activity in elimination of McCarran Act 2. Industry attitude toward Federal regulation 3. Cost of state regulation 4. Impact on actuaries of a Federal structure

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion talks about what will separate the winners from the losers in our business in the future and briefly about what might affect product development actuaries.