Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists discuss last-to-die and joint life insurance plans, noting their increasing popularity. The topics of discussion include plan design, regulatory issues, administration, tax issues, policy splitting provisions and the markets for these plans. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: This presentation is an open forum from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss current events in individual life product development, and their impact on product design. Topics include proposed changes to the Standard Nonforfeiture Law for life insurance and annuities, multilife products, product guarantees, and solvency concerns. The Canadian perspective is presented as well. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session 59OF, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. The life insurance and annuity marketplace has become increasingly competitive. At the same time, distributors are exerting more clout. The panelists discuss their perspectives, from the view of the product development actuary, the marketing and distribution executive, and the actuary in a marketing role, on how product development actuaries are experiencing difficulty in designing profitable products that are saleable. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on cash-flow testing for product actuaries covered the following topics: 1. Guidance notes designed to help in writing up reports on cash-flow testing. 2. Investment strategies in product design. 3. Surplus requirements.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. This session addressed the product management actuary and the product management process. Topics discussed : 1. The monitoring of the environment and how that monitoring leads to the generation of ideas. 2. Consideration of how those ideas are affected by distribution, marketing, and organizational issues. 3. The setting of assumptions. 4. How to get different areas of your company to work together, and ways to bring the product to market as quickly as possible. 5. How to manage business once your company places it on the books.

Description: Panelists discuss customer life-cycle needs for life and annuity products and what can be done when a customer's needs change. They also discuss the opportunities and risks associated with the migration of customers through products and wealth-transfer needs. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 32PD of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: In this session 350F of the New York Annual Meeting the panel examines, in Q&A format, issues related to the new education system scheduled to take effect in the year 2000. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.c

Description: This 2016 Annual Meeting session explores how leaders are evolving, how newer generations want to be engaged, and how to succeed in this new environment.

Description: Introduction of the Leadership & Development 20th Anniversary Special Edition of The Stepping Stone.

Description: This article is the first of three parts in helping you to move forward when your career growth seems to be stalled. In this part, help you discover WHY your career has slowed and then move on to the WHAT and HOW in parts 2 and 3.