Description: The presentations at this session at the 1990 SOA Annual Meeting offer thier view on the future of the life insurance industry in terms of demographics, economics, consolidation and products. The status of the actuarial profession in 10 years is contemplated.

Description: This session is about structuring an HMO, rating, financing & solvency and underwriting. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1979 Vol. 5, No. 4.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 2 - February 2003

Description: This paper deals primarily with the actuarial aspects of a life insurance product providing complete flexibility in the pattern of premium payments- and benefits. This paper presented a framework around which a policy of the life-cycle family can be built. Discussion includes description of how the product might work, given the legal and operational constraints at the time. Also discussion of how compliance with the Standard Valuation Law and Standard Non forfeiture laws would be achieved. Followed by submitted discussions of the paper by various people

Description: This article from The Actuary, June 1970, volume 4, Issue 6 This will present an interim report on the Ad Hoc Committee for Black Actuarial Recruitment. This group, chaired by Robert Randall, represents most of the major New York-area companies and has worked closely with about 10 predominately Negro colleges.

Description: This paper describes the actuarial valuation method for pension plans, the formulas and assumptions used, and the way these assumptions might be chosen. A case study is presented. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: This panel discussion is about claim reserves. It focused on: 1. Review of methods and statutory requirements in the establishment of claim reserves for property and casualty, life and health insurance. 2. Discussion of different approaches in casualty and life blanks e.g., incurred but not reported reserves.

Description: This paper sets forth hospital utilization data from 1978 by age and sex for both prepaid hospital contracts and contracts supplementing medicare. In addition, hospital continuation data from 1977 is provided from regular contracts. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983, Vol. 35.

Description: The purpose of this paper was to examine the job and compensation of the ordinary life insurance agent in relation to commissions and expense regulation and to examine how well the industry responds to customer needs, and consider how the system might be changed. The paper establishes some criteria for evaluating appropriateness of systems of both agent compensation and expense regulation. The paper is followed by submitted discussion papers

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses implementing an equity portfolio to support a reserve for long-term liabilities. Also covered will be valuing, pricing implications, cash-flow testing and implications on risk-based capital. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.