Description: Panel discussion from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston on the topic of the financial services industry and its response to inflation and deregulation. Topics included: 1. Industry reconfiguration, relative competitiveness of various segments of the industry. 2. New products and technological advance 3. Impacts on the life insurance industry. a. Bank marketing of insurance products b. Investment and bank products marketed by insurers

Description: This panel discussion examines marketing distribution systems, discussing the marketing problems and opportunities facing life insurers. From the 1977 Record, Vol. 3, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses distribution systems including alternative and supplementary types of distribution systems.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting examines some ways in which bancassurance has been implemented by insurers in other countries and prospects in the U.S.

Description: This presentation, session number 53PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists note that “for several years only a few foreign insurers were permitted to provide life and health insurance in China. In recent years, regulators have been more receptive to the new entry of foreign insurers…” Topics include history of the development of the market, market demographics, including regionalization, types of products, distribution systems, and regulatory requirements for entry and continued operation. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discusses pricing and product design for sales via the internet from the standpoint of a traditional insurance company and from a totally internet-based company.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses: participation in strain, United States or international structure, type of stock ownership and tax implications.

Description: Discusses some of the industry dynamics driving change in the industry distribution and compensation systems, the general-agency/career-agent system at MassMutual, the branch-manager and PPGA-like systems at Penn Mutual, and New York's recent letter on agent-owned reinsurance companies. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: Speaker discusses non-traditional marketing companies such as his own company, the Laurentian Group. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting looks at the considerations in designing field compensation plans including New York vs. non-New York issues and levelized commissions.