Description: Panelists discussed, from the perspective of various countries, the current systems of peer review of an actuary's work relating to financial statements.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Senior executives in various financial services companies discussed the future of financial services and the role the actuary can play.

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: Speaker talks about how to deal more effectively with people. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Panelists were members of the Actuary of the Future/Future of the Actuary Task Force of the Society of Actuaries [SOA]. They discussed the topics in their report to the SOA Board of Governors that related to a description of the current profession, the demand for actuaries in the 21st Century, what actuaries will be doing in the 21st Century, and implications for the selection, education, and training of actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This panel discussion was presented at the SOA's April 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The theme of the discussion was the responsibility of actuaries in changing times.

Description: This is a discussion on actuarial research and how the Society of Actuaries plays a major role. Is the current research a sufficient response to the immediate and practical concerns of practicing actuaries? How can the Society improve their strategy towards research. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries 1978, Volume 4, No. 4.

Description: This 1981 session concerned Actuaries and the Media. Topics included: 1. How do the media decide what is newsworthy? 2. What makes news, and how is it defined, both for the general public and a specific industry? 3. What makes news from the actuarial profession? 4. Why is a story news today but not news tomorrow? 5. What variables are involved in making news, and how do these change from day to day and from publication to publication? 6. How do the media cover public issues? 7. What do the media look for in interviews and background information? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: Discussion of inflation: Causes and impacts and what the roles of actuaries might be to manage it.

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the importance of actuarial research, how and what to do, researching the literature, statistical tests of significance, writing a research report and how to get published.