Description: This presentation, session number 53PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists note that “for several years only a few foreign insurers were permitted to provide life and health insurance in China. In recent years, regulators have been more receptive to the new entry of foreign insurers…” Topics include history of the development of the market, market demographics, including regionalization, types of products, distribution systems, and regulatory requirements for entry and continued operation. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discusses pricing and product design for sales via the internet from the standpoint of a traditional insurance company and from a totally internet-based company.

Description: A convergence of forces has obsolesced virtually every element of the traditional paradigm of the U.S. life insurance business - the products sold, who sells them, and how they are sold. This article documents the decline in life insurance ownership and sales, and emerging trends - with the market being bifurcated into service intensive vs. commodity.

Description: You’ve Sent Mail by Robert E. Winawer from NewsDirect Newsletter, January 2002, Issue No. 39. A short article about direct response marketing.

Description: News Direct chairperson's column discussing recent activities, future plans, and the new officers of the Marketing and Distribution Section of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Discussion of ways direct marketers have beaten recessions in the recent past and suggestions for beating this recession.

Description: Letter from the editor.

Description: Life Insurance 2020 Foresight e-book of essays including introduction

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting looks at the considerations in designing field compensation plans including New York vs. non-New York issues and levelized commissions.

Description: Article from The Actuary, February 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 2 provides a recap of the Actuaries Club of New York meeting and the two panel discussions one on Consumerism and one on the Interest Adjusted Cost Method.