Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the fiscal irresponsibility of the US government and the burgeoning national debt which will have to be paid for by our descendants. Speaker participates in the Grace Commission which is fighting government waste.

Description: Presented at the April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the current issues other than those relating to the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act 'TEFRA' of 1982, the Deficit Reduction Act 'DEFRA' of 1984 and the Retirement Equity Act 'REA' of 1984.

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the status of state and federal regulations regarding the development of PPOs and other alternate delivery systems and anti-trust laws affecting PPO development.

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about sex discrimination, impairments, and social insurance issues.

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: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session will provided an overview of the constraints and opportunities which result from the regulatory controls of the NAIC, SEC, IRS and other local taxing bodies.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Prior to 1999, Glass-Steagall legally separated banking, brokerage, and insurance activities. Enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act brings “down the walls,” separating these financial industries. This session talks about the financial services modernization law and the impact it will have.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 This session covers innovations in pension plan designs and participant options that are happening in a variety of settings.

Description: Statement of the American Council of Life Insurers on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in the Financial Services Sector before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Financial Services Committee of the United States Congress, June 29, 2006

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the following: what are they and how are guarantee funds operated, why and how did they develop historically, what are the more recent developments, what are the advantages and disadvantages of these funds, are changes needed to keep these funds viable.