Description: Record of the Society of Actuaries: 1981 Vol.7 No. 1 This is a panel discussion session examining life insurance company organization and the emerging managerial environment, strategies and organization.

Description: This presentation, session number 86PD, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 24-25 in Atlanta. “Banks are buying life insurers, life insurers are marketing through banks, mutual fund companies are taking over the retirement product area, and insurers are acquiring thrifts. Diverse sectors of the financial services industry are melding together at increasingly rapid rates.” The panel discusses the major issues and trends surrounding the growing consolidation and convergence. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about marketing opportunities, marketing techniques, product selection and design.

Description: Panelists discuss three categories of special-risk business: the college and student market, specific events/sports and custom, and the travel markets. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: This session took place at the Society of Actuaries Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles, held in March. The presenters highlight the objectives of a compensation system, the impact on the consumer, and the changes that will be expected as a result of current consumerism and regulatory action.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Panelists discuss two of the measurements actuaries are using to evaluate direct response products: customer lifetime value and embedded values.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on cost disclosure in individual life insurance. Areas covered included: 1. Status of NAIC model disclosure bill 2. Questions related to comparisons of costs and value of dissimilar policies 3. Characteristics of a good disclosure in a replacement situation 4. Developments in the use of the retention method

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This discussion focuses on the NAIC model illustration regulation and the ASOP. Topics include: Adequacy of the model law, liability of the illustration actuary, and Generally Recognized Expense Table.

Description: This concurrent session took place at the 1975 Society of Actuaries Spring Meeting in New York, held in April. The presenters addressed various aspects of agency compensation and consumerism including the objectives of a compensation system, the services performed by the agent, how consumers view agent compensation, how the commission structure affects an agent’s advice, the impact of inflation on agents’ earnings, possible improvements to agent compensation, and regulation of “fair value” of insurance.

Description: Panelists discuss how product design, premium-rate development, and marketing methods are being used to win the allegiance of an aging U.S. senior market to a carrier's brand. They talk specifically about the Medicare Supplement market, the long-term-care [LTC] market, and travel-cancellation insurance. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 135PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.