Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. A distinguished panel of experts and a host of interesting and timely questions regarding financial reporting and valuation actuaries.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting reports on Society of Actuaries antitrust review, the reasons for the review and the view of the recent work on Dividends and Other Non-Guaranteed Elements in Life Insurance and Annuities. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the process used by lobbyists to influence legislation and regulation: issue identification, grass roots campaigns, direct one-on-one lobbying.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 The panel provides background on the impact of the passage of HR10 in November 1999 on the future of credit insurance, as well as the life insurance industry in general.

Description: This presentation is the luncheon session from the 1987 Valuation Actuary Symposium. The speaker starts with a discussion of philosophy, and defines ethics as concerning the determination of which human actions are right, and thus should be performed, and which are wrong, and thus should be avoided. The speaker goes on to explain that ‘in addition to a general ethical theory, as a professional you need a special code of ethics simply because you are a professional,’ discussing how different professionals have different responsibilities and relationships to their clients.

Description: Panel discussion on inflation's impact on business procedures, contingency plans, long-term benefit levels, and determination of financial reporting items such as future reserves, surplus levels, operating expenses, and net gains. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: From the 1985 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Discussion on the role of valuation actuary.

Description: Panel discussion on how insurers can deal with the proliferation of laws, court decisions and regulations, and on the outlook for future developments in health insurance regulatory environment.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists start their discussion with an overview of the history of actuarial standards, and the operations of the Actuarial Standards Board, ‘ASB,” the autonomous body responsible for setting standards of practice. The discussion covers standards affecting insurance company actuaries and consultants, and the value and impact of standards on the actuary's work. Panelists also suggest areas where additional standards are needed. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The speakers, members of the Pension Committee of the Actuarial Standards Board [ASB], present an update on the ASB’s exposure drafts of actuarial standards of practice intended to provide detailed guidance on setting economic assumptions for pension plans. The session is concerned with selecting actuarial assumptions, specifically economic assumptions, for measuring pension obligations. The speakers note that in addition to providing guidance to actuaries, the standards are designed to help users of our work product understand what actuaries consider in determining their assumptions. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.