Description: In this presentation made at the 1975 Society of Actuaries annual meeting, the speaker addresses the concept of actuaries as futurists, simply by being actuaries. The speaker then defines a futurist as “very simply, the executive who takes the future environment seriously. Most of us let the urgent affairs of today drive out the important affairs of tomorrow. By ‘environment’ I mean the social, technological, economic, and political environment.” The presentation goes on emphasize that the futurist must overcome shortsightedness and tunnel vision.

Description: The following topics were discussed from the perspective of small companies: 1. Pensions, 2. Agency issues, 3. Financial results and planning, and 4. Miscellaneous issues including the impact of inflation on life insurance and annuity products, variable annuities, product development, market research, and financial forecasting. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 53.

Description: Andy Rallis delivers his speech at the presidential luncheon of the SOA 2019 SOA Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Toronto.

Description: This is a teaching session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting on executive compensation. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 7, No. 1.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 7PD, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists discuss how in practice there is considerable variation from company to company in the functions that fall within the corporate actuary’s role. They discuss variations in corporate actuarial functions, and corporate actuaries’ role in their company’s management structure. The panelists explore trends in the role of the corporate actuary, and what makes for an effective corporate actuarial function. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: IFRS 17 is a significant change that requires insurers to invest time and resources. The presenters will address wider implications of the new standard, and a senior leaders' panel will cover a number of perspectives. They will address the latest developments of the standard and interpretations, emerging technology that is accelerating implementation, insights from implementing IFRS 17 in Canada and globally, reinsurance considerations and opportunities for the actuarial profession.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the challenges faced by senior executives in managing all of the various groups including policyholders, shareholders, rating agencies, regulators, agents and employees of an insurance organization. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This presentation is a teaching session from the 1975 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-22, in Bal Harbor, FL. The instructor discusses problems in management, including topics such as the characteristics of change, the ingredients of decisions, communications, delegation, motivation, and the components of satisfaction in business. Presentation not included but contact information provided. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 1, No. 4.

Description: This session from the 2001 SOA Spring Meeting explains how it is critical to become aware that you are in the middle of a race for obtaining, engaging and retaining top talent. Achieving a high ROI on human assets is central to your personal success and to the success of your company. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 33pd.

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.