Description: Table of contents for May 20-22, 1992 meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago

Description: This is a discussion on actuarial research and how the Society of Actuaries plays a major role. Is the current research a sufficient response to the immediate and practical concerns of practicing actuaries? How can the Society improve their strategy towards research. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries 1978, Volume 4, No. 4.

Description: List of workshops and sessions with no written records at the October 1985 Annual Meeting.

Description: This 1981 session concerned Actuaries and the Media. Topics included: 1. How do the media decide what is newsworthy? 2. What makes news, and how is it defined, both for the general public and a specific industry? 3. What makes news from the actuarial profession? 4. Why is a story news today but not news tomorrow? 5. What variables are involved in making news, and how do these change from day to day and from publication to publication? 6. How do the media cover public issues? 7. What do the media look for in interviews and background information? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: This is the table of contents for discussions held at the 1981 Atlanta Meeting of the Society of Actuaries on October 19-21, 1981.

Description: Discussion of inflation: Causes and impacts and what the roles of actuaries might be to manage it.

Description: This panel discussion, from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on development as of 1982 in the education and exam system. Topics included: 1. Goals, purposes and objectives of actuarial examination and education. 2. Critique of the current system. 3. Role of the academic community in actuarial education. 4. Interrelationship of the Society's E&E structure with that of other actuarial bodies. 5. Plans and future directions.

Description: This keynote debate from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting addresses if the Society of Actuaries is adequately equipping its members for the role their employers and clients should expect of them. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: This panel discussion was presented at the SOA's April 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The theme of the discussion was the responsibility of actuaries in changing times.

Description: This meeting session was conducted at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Houston. The topic was an ERISA update related to insured pension plans. Topics presented included: value of Enrolled Actuary vs. FSA, the American Academy of Actuaries position on the EA vs FSA, funding assumptions, actuarial certifications, and special valuation problems.