Description: The Investment Symposium is a day-and-a-half long seminar that will focus on the issues and questions faced by investors and risk managers, especially related to insurance companies and retirement plans. Presenters will discuss the big picture issues and explore practical solutions to today’s challenges. Experts will share new approaches to portfolio management and cutting edge research in asset-liability management. Technology, regulation and the economic environment will

Description: Panelists discuss issues arising from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

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: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the current position of the Treasury Department on deregulation, whether banks should underwrite insurance, partnerships between agents and financial institutions, persistency and expense considerations, and tie-in sales.

Description: This is a summary of topics discussed at the 1996 Bowles Symposium: “The Old Age Crisis: Actuarial Opportunities,” September 26-27, 1996, at Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Description: Reviews anecdotal evidence that the current shift to passive investing is an indication that investors are irrationally ignoring market risk.

Description: Many top-performing businesses aren’t just risk aware, but rather risk intelligent. Such a posture helps prepare companies for a major event and can demonstrate to a regulator or auditor that an appropriately strong control framework is in place. Better still, companies gain real strategic value from a “risk adjusted” understanding not only of their threats and vulnerabilities, but also the upside opportunities associated with various risks. It starts with having both qualitative and quantitative information to identify, assess and manage risks. Strategic risk management, at its core, is about creating value by increasing transparency and accountability, and quality of information. More than a mere compliance exercise, effective risk management enables more informed strategic decision making, increased accountability and transparency, a greater likelihood of organizational success, and – ultimately – competitive advantage, as borne out by many studies that correlate risk management and financial results.

Description: This panel discussion session examines the marketing and pricing considerations of group insurance in the 1980's.

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.