Description: This 1981 session focused on Life and Casualty Company Organization for the 1980's. Topics included: 1. The Emerging Managerial Environment 2. Emerging Strategies - What new strategies are called for, and how will goals change with respect Co: a. Profit? b. Surplus levels? c. Growth? 3. Emerging Organization - How should companies organize for the future? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: Record of the Society of Actuaries: 1981 Vol.7 No. 1 This is a panel discussion session examining life insurance company organization and the emerging managerial environment, strategies and organization.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session provides a brief overview of futurism techniques which can be employed in the strategic planning process, such as environmental scans or Delphi studies. A case study approach is used to provide attendees with a hands-on learning process.

Description: This 1981 session focused on insurance regulation from a federal vs. state perspective. Topics included: 1. Current regulatory environment 2. Anticipated changes in the regulatory environment 3. Ways the future regulatory environment might be impacted.

Description: About changes in career at the same company, and changes [voluntary and involuntary] to another company or to another career. Panelists discuss the internal [personal] aspects of these types of changes and how to prepare for them, along with the four major transitions in a typical actuarial career. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This presentation, session number 44PD at the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX, asks the questions: “Between leadership changes, market shifts and restructuring, what does it take to really succeed in today's environment? Will your company be in the same business tomorrow? Are you positioned for success regardless of inevitable changes, or are you barely surviving today?” The panelists go on to explore the importance of a company having a “winning culture.” Includes comments from participants. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This presentation from Session 54 of the SOA May 2004 Anaheim Spring Meeting discusses the importance of building a winning culture in order for a company to survive in today's increasingly complex, high-velocity, changing environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This is a discussion led by Dr. M. James Bensen, President of Bemidji State University. Dr. Bensen speaks about speed, change, the actuarial profession and the society within which actuaries work.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses the re-engineering process as it is being undertaken in many companies, how it is applied to the actuarial function, and how technology can be used to facilitate the change. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: People who have been there discuss feeling good about yourself in a time of change, re-organization, mandatory job changes, voluntary job changes, new responsibilities, and effects on the family. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.