Description: This session 75PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting analyzes derivatives contained in various insurance products and techniques used to hedge the derivative exposure. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 75PD.

Description: Table of contents for the Annual Meeting October 1985.

Description: This 1977 session discusses management of the actuarial resource, primarily in Life Insurance Companies. It includes questions such as: 1. What is an Actuary and What is his Function in a Life Insurance Company? 2. Is there a place for the highly skilled technician who does not care to manage people?

Description: This session will cover the definition of a risk-taking health entity, the kinds of risk and ways to measure it. Included is an update from the Risk-based Capital Task Force. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3B.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the outlook for U.S. government statistics after budget costs and restraints, statistics of income, outlook for linked studies among the different agencies, plans for a 1987 National Medical Expenditures Survey, and the use of government statistics in marketing studies.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Vancouver Spring Meeting discuss Long Term Care Insurance pricing including the appropriate assumptions for claim costs, mortality, interest, lapse rates and required surplus, plus regulatory issues and the ability to obtain and implement rate increases.

Description: Panel discusses the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare failed agreement, but still examines the draft of the report, as well as other proposals for changes in Medicare. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: Industry representatives address the market need for and acceptance of life and long-term care LTC combination products and the issues for carriers to consider regarding developing, marketing, and distributing this emerging product. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 13PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: Facilitators lead a discussion of recent experiences and current issues regarding the valuation of medical and dental insurance and managed care products. Includes a discussion of deficiency reserves, HMO reserving, liquidity tests, cashflow testing and codification of regulations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 132

Description: In this session on the topic of health insurance valuation issues, the topics covered included Sarbanes-Oxley considerations, internal replacement Standards of Practice, self-funded plans, and long-term-care insurance developments. From a session at the Health/Pension Spring Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana June 15-17, 2005.