Description: This presentation, session number 4PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists pose this question: “now that the Financial Services Modernization Law is about a year old, how are banks and insurance companies repositioning themselves?” Topics include new or modified strategies, any imminent changes in the federal law, whether legislative efforts shifted to state laws, status of the state privacy laws and impact on customer segmentation, Leading Banks-In-Insurance Report trends 10/00 Association of Banks-In-Insurance, and how products, distribution, and competition for the insurance industry will be redefined. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting focuses on the actuary's role and responsibility in the financial reporting process. It covers peer-review standards in Canada, Sarbanes-Oxley and the implementation of both in financial reporting. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting focused on return on investment in a rate-regulated environment. Topics included current rate-regulated environments, current use of ROI, ROI in price setting and future rate regulation controls. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Discussion of how actuaries can influence federal legislation in issues of interest to life insurance companies.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 A discussion of liquidity management for life insurance companies marketing institutional clients, in particular with respect to GIC contracts and Funding agreements. Topics included: · What happened at General American with their defaults on funding agreements. Why did the regulators and rating agencies miss the problems? · What was the impact of reinsurance? · What is the effect of adding institutional business such as putable funding agreements on liquidity management? · Are there prudent levels of this business that can be beneficial? · What is the effect of funding agreements with downgrade provisions on liquidity risks, and do such provisions create a preference for sophisticated institutional contract holders?

Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 Discussion of purposes and approaches for creating interest-rate scenarios.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 45PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The panelists note that as new channels like the Internet, work-site marketing and direct marketing become more important, understanding the regulatory environment is essential, and nontraditional distribution, direct marketing, direct sales and telemarketing are increasingly subjected to new forms of regulations at the federal, as well as at the state, levels. The speakers cover the legal aspects of e-signature and voice signature, HIPAA authorization requirements, telemarketing rules, such as the federal “Do Not Call” legislation and other privacy issues. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session addressed the new risk-based capital requirement. Topics included: 1. How reasonable is the framework of basing the formulas on simplistic application of the C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 risks? 2. Will this be effective in stanching the proliferation of RBC formulas by the regulatory bodies? 3. Which lines of business are treated relatively badly by the formulas? 4. Is there realistically anything that can be done to prevent company comparisons and renkings? 5. What are the administrative problems faced by the regulators in the oversight process requirement that this will create?

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting examines the regulatory process, how an idea for a model bill works its way through the NAIC, the function of the ACLI and how from an industry side the process can be influenced at the state and federal levels. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting Panelists will review the Canadian experience in adopting dynamic solvency testing DST and the impact of DST on how companies do business, changes which have been made and the changes suggested to the DST. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.