Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting describes new technological projects that have been implemented including telecommuting and supporting distributed workers, Lotus Notes, Excel, PC based benefit administration systems and ISDN. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. In this discussion, digital cash and its impact on society and financial institutions are examined and an update on annuity technology is provided.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session discussion is about technological advances. Topics discussed: 1. The exponential growth in power of the microchip. 2. The role of fiber optics in the revolution. 3. The role of the airwaves in the revolution. 4. The risks of over regulation.

Description: The panelists address Health Insurance Portability and Accountabuility Act [HIPAA] related concerns for health insurers, such as: implementation issues, privacy, transactions and code sets, employer identification numbers, and current developments relative to the pending rules. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 65

Description: The quality of data is paramount to the success of today's data-driven enterprises. The insurance industry is no exception. Insurers use a variety of resources and techniques to validate data. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 66IF of the Dallas Spring Meeting.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about re-engineering large actuarial systems. Large actuarial systems have become drains on human, computing and financial resources. And in some cases, daily actuarial functions have grown beyond the scope of normal cost-containment techniques. Re-engineering actuarial systems can significantly alter the trend.

Description: This session challenges participants to consider the insurance landscape over the next five to ten years and how existing business models need to evolve. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 19PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: Panelists discuss the Balanced Scorecard system, which measures corporate performance in four areas: financial performance, customer perspectives, internal business processes, and learning/growth. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about Local Area Networks. Topics addressed: 1. Why are LANs growing in acceptance by organizations today? 2. What do they allow you to do, and how is the business case built to justify them? 3. Why are the human resources required to support LAN users always underestimated? 4. There are many successes in migrating from the mainframe to a personal computer PC/LAN what are the pitfalls to avoid?