Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses recent or expected FASB and CICA rulings affecting pension plan sponsors.

Description: Discusses components of health-care inflation and their impact on health-insurance products. These components include: utilization trends, consumer price index [CPI] changes, regional variation. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Discussion of recent economic, social and political environment and trends and the impact they have had on insurance regulation and needed changes in the regulations and regulatory process.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists discuss various topics and issues related to products marketed through the financial services industry, including the products sold and how they are distributed, the future of such marketing arrangements, whether banks and stockbrokers are a growth market, and the risks/returns to insurance companies. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This discusses the effect on pension plans of mergers and divestitures and looks at the importance of due diligence as part of the process. The discussion also presents the reality of actuaries on trial for negligence.

Description: This presentation, session number 91F, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 24-25 in Atlanta. The panelists discuss questions raised by the intent of several U.S. and Canadian insurers to reorganize, within permitted regulations, to access capital and further their companies’ growth. The discussion looks at considerations for domestic and multinational insurers based in other countries, including regulatory matters. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: Impact of Technology on Health Care Delivery Systems - Chart 2

Description: Recent health-care cost trends have exhibited significant variability by insurer, geographic area and type of benefit. Employers and insurers are increasing co-pays and reimposing managed care provisions. How have these factors affected the measured trend. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 17

Description: From the Record 1976 Vol. II, No. 4, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1976 Annual Meeting, held in Toronto, Ontario October 20-22. In this session, the presenters discuss the current problems with policy loans in the current interest rate environment, covering topics such as legal considerations, allocation of investment income, pricing, sales problems, and policyholder considerations.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the special problems and opportunities of a small company, specifically, tracking current developments, the role of the actuary, distribution systems and other actuarial problems.