Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about joint ventures between Health Maintenance Organizations 'HMOs' and insurance companies, dual or triple option rating strategies, how these ventures are structured from a financial standpoint, and how separate organizational objectives are met.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the latest product, distribution and regulatory aspects of this growing market. They also explain the unique design and administrative challenges that should be considered in order to succeed in the private placement arena.

Description: Panel explores new disability products offered by writers of individual disability insurance and the ways in which these products connect with other types of insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This session making health care more affordable through health care reform, changes to tax policy, and managed care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. The panelists in this interactive session not only discuss the newest annuity features, but also explore some socioeconomic trends and how an annuity could be designed to capitalize on those trends.

Description: This presentation is a general session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The speaker comments that actuaries are well suited for strategic thinking by what they do, noting that “clearly strategy is very heavily involved in trying to understand the external environment and trying to forecast the future in some fashion.” The speaker also sees that “three fundamental factors that will have to be built into everything that we do. These three factors are internationalization or globalization, an understanding of quality, and an understanding of human resource management.” From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: After providing a brief overview and history of strategic planning, the panelists conduct a teaching session on strategic planning. Includes a discussion about the differences in the process among small, medium, and large companies, and how to monitor and follow up the implementation of these plans. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. Discussion covers: how hospitals and hospital management companies are increasingly entering traditional indemnity insurance markets, hospital representatives address health care financing from the hospital perspective, the risks and financial incentives from the hospital's perspective, and whether hospitals are marginally pricing their health insurance products.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on marketing strategy and planning for life insurance products. From the 1977 Record, Vol. 3, No. 1.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed international reinsurance opportunities, what can be learned from the casualty industry - where international reinsurance is commonplace, and a discussion of such issues as: Profit potential, Regulatory concerns, Taxation, Security, Costs.