Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 This session covered issues related to insurance via the Internet, specifically: · Sales-to-date and projected sales for life, annuities, and property and casualty · Marketing approaches used · Underwriting process and fulfillment · Lead generation versus direct sales · Product and pricing implications · Lessons learned-to-date The panel of experts offers perspectives on the various ways the industry is utilizing the Internet and what we can expect to see in the future. Mr. Todd Erkis: I'm a life and annuity actuary from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Description: This session discussion is about the trends and proliferation, the impact, the horizon, genetic research, considerations for containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session offers a retrospective and prospective look at the development of actuarial pricing models and technology tools.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Washington, DC Annual Meeting examine corporate software applications in terms of at least three tiers, and how actuarial applications have blurred the distinction among these tiers.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 90PD, from the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists, including a chief technology officer and a Microsoft employee, introduce actuaries to XML, discussing the origins of XML and its relation to HTML. They discuss how to model with XML to achieve independence between platforms and systems. The speakers present XML applications, including online insurance, employee benefits and mathematics. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This session discusses defined-contribution plans as a method for employers to manage costs. Panelists discuss product designs and strategies as well as the impact on the health insurance market and third party administration business. Included is a discussion on e-health insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 59

Description: This session will discuss how the business environment will change even more in the next ten years than it has in the last ten. From Session 56PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the National Association Of Insurance Commissioners' Early Warning System, A.M. Best Company ratios, Conning and Company solvency ratios, and California Department of Insurance Empirical ratios.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting presents managing systems development. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This presentation, session number 3PD, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 16-18 in Seattle. The panelists discuss the emergence of electronic commerce and the use of the Internet and other computer technologies to conduct business in the insurance industry, including the successes and failures of electronic commerce today, customer relationships in an electronic commerce environment, and future electronic commerce features and expectations. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.