Description: This paper derives exact expressions for the ultimate ruin probability and establishes the effect of correlation on ruin probability using the Wiener-Hopf factorization.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. This session addressed the product management actuary and the product management process. Topics discussed : 1. The monitoring of the environment and how that monitoring leads to the generation of ideas. 2. Consideration of how those ideas are affected by distribution, marketing, and organizational issues. 3. The setting of assumptions. 4. How to get different areas of your company to work together, and ways to bring the product to market as quickly as possible. 5. How to manage business once your company places it on the books.

Description: Discussion of anticipated marketing and pricing considerations of Group Insurance in the 1980's including: a. Regulatory environment including National Health Insurance b. Economic and growth potential c. Competition including Health Maintenance Organizations d. Technology e. Evolving role of employee benefits f. Products g. Pricing considerations h. Marketing approaches Also, discussion of the 1960's and the 1970's a. Major influences b. Benefit changes c. Alternate funding approaches 2. The 1980's environment a.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on effective product management of life insurance. Topics included: 1. Definition of effective product management 2. Internal organization required 3. Establishment of objectives for a product line 4. Coordination of company activities with respect to initial design 5. Monitoring

Description: This discussion at the San Francisco and Washington 1966 Regional Meetings covers three topics - Disability Benefits under Life or Health Insurance Policies, Changes in Individual Medical Expense Insurance in the Light of Medicare, and Optional Modes of Settlement.

Description: This is the table of contents for the 1972 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: WeChat is gradually becoming the main force of insurance online marketing for insurance products in China.

Description: This session is from the 1976 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Toronto in October. The presenters cover the following Group Insurance topics: Survivor Income Group Life Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, and new products and development.

Description: Panelists discuss the implications of 9 / 11 , such as disaster planning for business operations, geographic concentrations of risk, terrorism clauses, carrier response, legislative changes that may help carriers limit risk, accidental death-only programs, effects on health and disability costs, changes in practices and changes in claim incurrence and payments patterns. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 128

Description: Discussion of various group life and health insurance topics, including: A. Amount of group dental insurance being written and benefit provisions currently being offered and financial experiences of the coverages to date. B. Problems of professional association groups? C. Current level of interest in group paid-up or group permanent.