Description: Panelists were members of the Actuary of the Future/Future of the Actuary Task Force of the Society of Actuaries [SOA]. They discussed the topics in their report to the SOA Board of Governors that related to a description of the current profession, the demand for actuaries in the 21st Century, what actuaries will be doing in the 21st Century, and implications for the selection, education, and training of actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This is a discussion on the subject of simplified underwriting and guaranteed issue. This panel will explore 4 distinctly different guaranteed issue approaches the creation of underwriting pools for agencies and agents in the individual non-pension insurance sales area with respect to business insurance guaranteed issue mortality experience in the individual policy pension trust area how guaranteed issue underwriting is used in some direct-response marketing and finally, offering of additional insurance on a simplified underwriting basis for certain classes of existing policyholders.

Description: This is the presidential address by former SOA president, Harold G. Ingraham, Jr. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: This is a discussion about equity-oriented product and mutual fund operations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 2, No. 59AB

Description: Discusses reduction in bank loan and minimum deposit business, sales of a combination of single premium immediate annuities with life policies on a guaranteed issue basis, likely results of recent court decisions regarding allowing interest on indebtedness as a tax deduction, and professional development needs for actuaries taking on management roles.

Description: This is a discussion about agency matters such as: new agents, experienced agents, general agents and managers, agent survival rates, etc. Also discussed is the impact that Medicare will have on private health insurance business. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 50.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting covers financial reporting isues arising from activities at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, FASB, Actuarial Standards Board, American Academy of Actuaries, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Federal Government.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Pension benefit security bill, 2. Variable insurance products, 3. Trends in hospital and medical care utilization, 4. Insurance distribution and marketing systems, 5. Deferred and incentive compensation, 6. Annual Statement accounting, 7. Social Security and employee benefits in western Europe, 8. Individual medical expense insurance, 9. Reserves and related problems for variable annuities and cost-of-living benefits, 10. Topics for consulting actuaries, 11. Profit and other objectives in group operations, and 12. Life insurance operations overseas- problems and opportunities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1969 Vol. 21 Pt. 1 No. 61.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses several topics, including the impact on juvenile insurance of guaranteed insurability riders, family policies, and others, the impact on sales to females due to the introduction of lower costs, policies allowing conversion o monthly life income, use of age last birthday, and revised policy formats.

Description: At its October 1987 meeting, the Society’s Board of Governors unanimously passed a resolution approving a proposal for the Society to assist in establishing an actuarial science program at Nankai University in the People’s Republic of China.