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 presentation is a concurrent session from the joint Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Meeting held April 10-11, 1978 in New York City. In their discussion, the panelists define solvency and capacity, and consider how capacity can be measured, the qualitative aspects of solvency, the effects of inflation, availability of capital, and insurance risk vs. investment risk. Discussion from Participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 4, No. 1.