Description: List of workshops and sessions with no written records at the October 1985 Annual Meeting.

Description: This is a discussion on actuarial research and how the Society of Actuaries plays a major role. Is the current research a sufficient response to the immediate and practical concerns of practicing actuaries? How can the Society improve their strategy towards research. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries 1978, Volume 4, No. 4.

Description: Panelists, who are on the NAIC Special Advisory Committee – Valuation Law, discuss the current status of efforts to revise the SVL and the requirements for the actuarial opinion. They also solicit, and get, audience participation and questions. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation is a general session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The speaker comments that actuaries are well suited for strategic thinking by what they do, noting that “clearly strategy is very heavily involved in trying to understand the external environment and trying to forecast the future in some fashion.” The speaker also sees that “three fundamental factors that will have to be built into everything that we do. These three factors are internationalization or globalization, an understanding of quality, and an understanding of human resource management.” From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists, actuaries who have been successful in nontraditional roles, discuss the process they went through in their career decisions, how they adapted to change, and what they did to achieve success. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the current life insurance company merger and acquisition environment, and determining the value of a life insurance company. Topics include the actuarial valuation methodology, including the just adopted actuarial standard of practice, investment analyst valuation, and the risks associated with change of control. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This session discussion is about tools, techniques, and methods used by the health valuation actuary HVA in dealing with business projections, cash-flow analysis, valuation on nonguaranteed premium business, target surplus analysis, reinsurance and claim reserves. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session provided an update on the appointed actuary. Topics included: 1. Provided preliminary results of a 1992 cash-flow-testing survey that was sent to a number of life companies in the U.S. 2. A discussion of the position taken by one actuary who did not do cash-flow testing in forming an opinion for his company's 1992 annual statement. 3. How to deal with failed scenarios. 4. The evolution of the appointed actuary's role at MetLife. 5. How the process currently works at MetLife. 6. Insights on where MetLife sees the process going.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. Table of contents of 1993 SOA Annual Meeting held in New York on October 17-20, 1993 from Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 4B.

Description: This teaching session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting introduces Course 230 to seasoned actuaries who missed the opportunity to study this material on their road to Fellowship. Topics include asset management and tools and techniques. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.