Description: This panel discussion was session number 3 at the 2004 Society of Actuaries Spring Meeting, held in San Antonio, TX June 14-15. The panelists explored the problems between actuaries and IT people, how neither either understands the other's perspective, with frustrating results for both sides. But the speakers feel that, “with some tolerance and understanding, both can profit from the other's approach.” A theme in the discussion was that better communication will improve understanding. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Spring Meeting is intended to improve your understanding of the history, current status and future of Internet security and increase your awareness of encryption, viruses and solutions and countermeasures for internet security. Session 37OF

Description: Panelists discuss using computer technology in the following ways: [1] computer programs [software] as communication tools, [2] using the Microsoft.NET product, and [3] ways to detect false claims. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 71PD of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

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: In session 3PD of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses solutions such as data software and interface standards as possible solutions to the problem of having many different data storage and analysis systems that don't speak to each other. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Panelelists at this session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting present their thoughts on how life and disability risk assessment and underwriting might be performed in the 21st century. Focus is on how technology can change and speed up the process.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss Internet resources that may be useful to health actuaries and hints on how to best access data.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Presents case studies on the use of technology to solve some of the problems commonly encountered by actuaries in smaller companies.

Description: This is a panel discussion from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting discusses new technologies that have been implemented by actuaries and how technology could be implemented in actuarial operations. Topics include large data sets, PC's and networks. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about experiences, benefits, problems, and pitfalls associated with advances in technology.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about Local Area Networks. Topics addressed: 1. Why are LANs growing in acceptance by organizations today? 2. What do they allow you to do, and how is the business case built to justify them? 3. Why are the human resources required to support LAN users always underestimated? 4. There are many successes in migrating from the mainframe to a personal computer PC/LAN what are the pitfalls to avoid?

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session presented ways of using technology of 1993 in order to further actuarial applications and actuarial projects. The speakers related recent personal experiences in which emerging trends in hardware, software, and methodologies have been utilized.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. In this session three panelists related recent personal experiences with respect to emerging trends in hardware, software, and methodologies.

Description: This session discussion is about medical technology: trends and proliferation of medical technology, its impact, future, employer strategies to limit exposure, considerations of containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting addresses the impact of computers of all sizes and types on the environment in which actuaries conduct business from the internal to the external environments. From Record Of The Society Actuaries Volume 9, Number 3

Description: Record of the Society of Actuaries: 1981 Vol.7 No. 1 This is a panel discussion session examining life insurance company organization and the emerging managerial environment, strategies and organization.