Description: Panel discussion focused on the Effective Use of Capital. Topics included: 1. Definition of capital 2. Appropriate level of capital and surplus in a life insurance company 3. Alternatives for deploying capital 4. Returns a life company should demand on invested capital 5. How much a company should charge for lending its capital in reinsurance transactions

Description: Discusses the industry's need for a vision, due to dramatic changes in the business world and summarizes articles in this newsletter which explore the reinvention of insurance distribution.

Description: Discussion from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando on the diversification of life insurance companies including recent experience in acquisitions, and changes in corporate structure of life insurance companies. This panel from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando discussed the diversification of life insurance companies. Topics included: 1. Recent experience in the acquisitions, diversification and corporate structure of life insurance companies. 2. Factors causing companies to change the forms of their operations. 3. Process for life insurance companies deciding on their paths.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on effective product management of life insurance. Areas addressed include definition of effective product management, internal organization required, establishment of objectives for a product line, coordination of company activities with respect to initial design, and monitoring.

Description: Mergers and acquisitions 'M&A' are major forces driving change in the life insurance industry. This editorial discusses how the articles in this newsletter address the M&A phenomenon.

Description: Feature article from the January 2010 issue of In The Public Interest discussing problems with funding of public programs.

Description: Notes from the session at which the Futurism Section was formed. The discussion included the process for selecting members of the Futurism Council and Council officers. There was also a discussion of initial projects for the Section

Description: Discussion of the activities of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section during its first year and its plans for 2010

Description: This article provided views from the years 1988 and 2000 of the then-anticipated changes and challenges facing the actuary of 2010. From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: Editor's summary of items in this issue of The Actuary.