Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about capital management. Topics included: 1. Capital allocation. 2. Capital rationing. 3. Financial or product-line management issues.

Description: This session features interviews with several authorities on the following current topics: How the rating agencies view capital management in determining company ratings How the rating agencies view the independent review process How capital management is addressed at a non-insurance company parent How financial reinsurance can be used to strengthen your capital. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3. San Francisco Annual Meeting, October 17-20, 1999, Session 65OF.

Description: Presenters cover the outlook for credit defaults over the next 12 months and approaches used to price the debt market e.g., Merton's 1973 paper and subsequent developments. Attendees leave with an understanding of how the capital markets value debt issuance and knowledge of future trends in default risk. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 1: Washington, D.C. Spring Meeting, May 29–30, 2003, Session 10OF.

Description: A recent SOA regional meeting featured discussion on an age-old actuarial debate: Within the same company, should the return on equity ROE target vary by profit center PC depending upon the risk of the PC?

Description: This article discusses the current state of the IAIS' initiative on their group Insurance Capital Standard.

Description: This article investigates how financial reporting will change once Solvency II becomes business as usual.

Description: Discuss different approaches of XXX and AXXX relief solutions

Description: Investment Fallacies: The Best Model Doesn't Win

Description: This session discussion is about capital management of insurance companies from three perspectives: product development, investment, and financial reporting. Where appropriate, reinsurance will be incorporated in the discussions. Each section involved has contributed panelists and ideas. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: Companies operating in international markets have additional issues to consider from a risk management point of view. Fluctuations in exchange rates, political and sovereign risks, regulatory issues, capital management and human resources considerations are among these. This session gives attendees the opportunity to understand how multinationals currently deal with these issues and how they are functionally structured to handle the risk management process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 1: Washington, D.C. Spring Meeting, May 29–30, 2003, Session 30PD.