Description: Discussion of the current business environment, the profile of the actuary who can meet these needs, directions corporations will take in the 21st century, economic and demographic trends that will affect the environment and markets over the next decade. The panelists discussed the need to be pro-active in shaping the environment.

Description: The approach of the year 2000 creates a millennial fascination which causes man to ponder his past, to assess his present, and to peer into his future. This study of the actuarial profession looks upon those design-steering aspects which can lead to a greater future. Although this work adopts the standpoint of a life company actuary, it views the entirety of the profession. All actuaries are bound up in essentially the same future. This study may have special interest to a young person contemplating the actuarial profession as a career. Consequently, an effort is made to consider the subject over the projected career of such a person- roughly to the year 2020. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt.1, No. 76.

Description: In the kick-off meeting of the new futurism section, the panel discusses the 1982-1983 election results, the mission of the futurism section, and highlights of the Fourth General Assembly of the World Future Society.

Description: Panelists [and members of the audience] debate whether earning a Master's in Business Administration [MBA] degree is more valuable than earning the Fellow of the Society of Actuaries [FSA] designation in terms of career-advancement opportunities in the financial-services industry. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Insurance and banking experts update financial services convergence issues since the passage of Gramm-Leach-Bliley 'GLB, a.k.a. Financial Services Modernization Act'. Company reaction to the passage of GLB, actuarial contributions to the process and future actuarial implications are addressed.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed techniques in oral and written communications.

Description: A professional speaker talks about metanoic organizations – organizations in which everyone believes that they are in charge of their future. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Panel members discuss their roles in actual pension negotiations. Topics covered include neutrality versus advocacy, maintaining a long-term relationship and the role of the third actuary in a dispute. Attendees learn how actuaries deal with common conflicts and how to conduct themselves in a professional manner in a difficult advocacy environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 46pd.

Description: Presented at June 2002 Spring Meeting. A noted expert with a degree from the graduate program in Studies of the Future at the University of Houston-Clear Lake discusses long-term forecasting and planning, the future of information technology and technology transfer, strategic planning and the development of future scenarios.

Description: Presented at April 1965 New York Regional Meeting. Discusses actuaries' contribution to society in both the public and private sectors and states that he would welcome the development of required actuarial standards at the state level.