Description: This session discussion is about deterioration in claims-paying ability, financial well-being of life insurance companies, benchmark surplus standards, key operation ratios, credit analysis of asset holdings, market view of stock companies, adequacy of capital in the industry, appropriate risk/reward posture in the industry, advice to management, outlook for the various business and views on surplus relief devices. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: In this session 94PD of the SOA Annual Meeting in New York the panel examines the communications link between the technical world of actuarial measurement based on cash-flow testing and the real world or daily and strategic decision making at top levels of insurance companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented information on the management of assets in relationship to liabilities. The information was based on a report from the C-3 Risk Task Force. Topics included: 1. Design of investment strategies to develop cash flow patterns appropriate with the liabilities. 2. Structuring the company to assure that investment returns are channeled to appropriate lines of business. 3. Valuing liabilities to appropriately recognize the relationship between assets and liabilities. 4. Should the actuary be concerned with certification of assets as well as liabilities? 5. Equity among lines contributing to investable cash flow.

Description: This session discussion is about coping with cash-flow testing in a small company. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion regarding actuarial considerations for mutual companies and covers such topics as: how is the overall level of retained surplus determined, do companies have surplus management programs, what are the rights of participating policyholders, are Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP being used for mutuals, how do companies reconcile growth and surplus and whether or not limits should be placed on growth and finally, what actuarial considerations are involved in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and wind ups.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Panel examined the failure of three major life insurance companies in North America: Executive Life, Mutual Benefit, and Confederation Life, changes that have taken place in the aftermath of these failures, and the likelihood of future failures.

Description: Panelists discuss recent events in the area of risk management and solvency regulation. Actuarial roles and opportunities in enterprise risk management and as chief risk officers are specifically addressed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 75

Description: From session 14TS at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000. This teaching session discusses the available tools for communicating company risk postures to senior management. The focus is on tools that show distributions of results rather than a point estimate, along with stress testing.

Description: In this session 36OF of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss and compare the risk management practices used by insurers and by banks. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: In this session 116 PD of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses factors which led to the development of alternative risk transfer transactions in the property and casualty markets, and review techniques used to transfer and trade insurance risks within the capital markets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.