Description: This teaching session, number 37TS, was presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The instructors ask: “Are you responsible for the completion of work that requires the assistance of people you have no authority over? How do you get things done if you're not in charge and can't do it all yourself? Do you have peers, project team members, and at least one boss who impacts the results you are able to achieve? To be more effective, how can you enlist the help of others who do not report to you?” Discussion from participants is included. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This paper lists the sessions held at the 1981 Ottawa Meeting of the Society of Actuaries for which no record was made, with names of those serving as leaders.

Description: This is a listing of sessions held at the 1981 Anaheim Meeting of the Society of Actuaries for which no written record was made. This listing includes the names of those serving as leaders.

Description: This 1981 session concerned Individual Life Insurance Cost Disclosure Issues including i. Current Status of Cost Disclosure Requirements 2. Responses to Cost Disclosure Pressures 3. Future Needs and Problems 4. Vehicles Available to Effect Changes There is also a discussion of replacements and the need for better communication of the comparisons of the replaced policy to the new policy to prospective buyers.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This panel presents an overview of current and future employment trends in each area of the actuarial profession. Topics include: skill development, marketability and future opportunity positioning.

Description: List of workshops and sessions from the 1982 spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Colorado Springs, CO, for which no written record was made.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the current public image of the life insurance industry, and whether life insurers meet or are able to meet public expectations. They examine the differences between the public’s outside view and the actuary's view from the inside, how they differ, and what the actuary can do to improve the industry’s image, as an educator and communicator. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: Discussion of the attitudes of consumers and consumerists regarding the life insurance industry and its products and a discussion of opportunities for improvement Topics include: 1. Disclosure to existing policyholders 2. Policy loan problems, including the policy replacement problem 3. dividend determination practices and 4. deceptive sales practices in the llfe insurance business.

Description: This panel discussion was session number 3 at the 2004 Society of Actuaries Spring Meeting, held in San Antonio, TX June 14-15. The panelists explored the problems between actuaries and IT people, how neither either understands the other's perspective, with frustrating results for both sides. But the speakers feel that, “with some tolerance and understanding, both can profit from the other's approach.” A theme in the discussion was that better communication will improve understanding. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses jumbo risks, substandard cases, time service, and additional requirements, how to include the agent in the reinsurance process, and codes of professional ethics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.