Description: Risk adjusters were first used for the Y2K reimbursements to Medicare+Choice laws. How did plans fare? What was the financial impact to the Medicare program? What changes are expected for the future? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1: Las Vegas Spring Meeting, May 22-24, 2000, Session 125PD.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Discussion of how actuaries can influence federal legislation in issues of interest to life insurance companies.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 A discussion of liquidity management for life insurance companies marketing institutional clients, in particular with respect to GIC contracts and Funding agreements. Topics included: · What happened at General American with their defaults on funding agreements. Why did the regulators and rating agencies miss the problems? · What was the impact of reinsurance? · What is the effect of adding institutional business such as putable funding agreements on liquidity management? · Are there prudent levels of this business that can be beneficial? · What is the effect of funding agreements with downgrade provisions on liquidity risks, and do such provisions create a preference for sophisticated institutional contract holders?

Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 Discussion of purposes and approaches for creating interest-rate scenarios.

Description: Panel discussion of varying views on: substandard underwriting with prudent pricing, qualified vs. nonqualified plans and the need for IRS clarifications, rate stabilization and aggressive pricing, noncancellable products and product features.

Description: This session discusses affordable health care including cost drivers, trends, the uninsured, federal funding and state initiatives. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 109

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 45PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The panelists note that as new channels like the Internet, work-site marketing and direct marketing become more important, understanding the regulatory environment is essential, and nontraditional distribution, direct marketing, direct sales and telemarketing are increasingly subjected to new forms of regulations at the federal, as well as at the state, levels. The speakers cover the legal aspects of e-signature and voice signature, HIPAA authorization requirements, telemarketing rules, such as the federal “Do Not Call” legislation and other privacy issues. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting focused on return on investment in a rate-regulated environment. Topics included current rate-regulated environments, current use of ROI, ROI in price setting and future rate regulation controls. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

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: Panel discussion from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston on the topic of the financial services industry and its response to inflation and deregulation. Topics included: 1. Industry reconfiguration, relative competitiveness of various segments of the industry. 2. New products and technological advance 3. Impacts on the life insurance industry. a. Bank marketing of insurance products b. Investment and bank products marketed by insurers