Description: 1999 SOA Regional Meeting, Atlanta. The stated objective of this session was to provide a good feel of what financial service convergence means. It included a legislative update of what was happening in Washington in 1999 and discussions on customer segmentation, on bancassurance products, and distribution channels within a bank.

Description: Recap of the Futurism Section Sessions held at the Spring Meetings in Las Vegas and San Diego.

Description: This discussion at an SOA 1968 Regional Meeting looks at research on agency operations and actuarial involvement.

Description: This is a discussion about the business effects of adoption of the 1958 CSO mortality table, possible reasons for the declining trend in individual life insurance sales, and effects of NY limitations on commissions and developments in agency earnings that could lead to modifications in the agency system.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about how the profitability of distribution systems are measured, differences in underwriting and mortality or lapse levels by distribution systems, the levels at which to measure profitability, should the profitability of individual producers be reviewed, the best ways to manage the financial aspects of different distribution, the effect of replacement or rollovers on distribution systems, and how the costs of distribution system development is handled.

Description: Discusses arrangements of insurers to manufacture and administer products for other insurers or distributors. Includes reasons for it, service and financial arrangements, and risks. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Discusses strategic pricing and product development [as employed by a niche marketer], differences in marketing and pricing between traditional and non-traditional marketing, and the reasons for differences in product and product development process between traditional and non-traditional distribution systems. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This article offers ideas on how to simplify the sale of life insurance over the internet.

Description: Discussion of the findings of a survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting on the experience insurers were having with automated underwriting. This survey was solicited by the Society of Actuaries' Marketing and Distribution Section Council, the Product Development Section Council and the Committee on Life Insurance Research.

Description: This is an article that has excerpts from each of the four winning papers of a contest sponsored by the Society of Actuaries on the subject of visions of the life insurance industry in 2020.