Description: This is a panel discussion session on the implications of future mortality trends and a follow-up to ideas presented at the Chicago mortality symposium exploring the economic, social, and medical implications of living longer. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: In this presentation, Richard D. Lamm, former Governor of Colorado and currently Director of the Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues at the University of Denver, talks about the increasing costs of health care and why the miracles of American medicine have simply outpaced our ability to pay. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This article was presented at the 1978 SOA Spring Meeting and it addressed how the membership of the Society of Actuaries feels about reorganization of the actuarial profession. Hopefully, the input received here will provide new insights into the difficult problems faced by the reorganization committees of the various actuarial organizations.

Description: This is the Presidential Address by former SOA President, Daphne D. Bartlett focusing on her vision for the future of the actuarial profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1991, Vol. 43.

Description: This general session features the keynote speaker from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The theme of the session looks to the future in addressing the issues facing the economy, the insurance industry, and actuaries. Discussion from the floor is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This paper contains three discussions. The first is about recent developments in health insurance programs in the United States and Canada. The second discussion is about the Society and how it can provide services to its members and the public. The third discussion is on life insurance company management. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 50 AB

Description: RECORD OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES 1976 VOL. 2 NO. 3 This session looks at a variety of proposed laws and regulations on the consumerism front including the U.S. Senate's Consumer Insurance Information and Fairness Act, NAIC cost comparison and disclosure, proposals concerning privacy and risk classification by sex, and Canadian developments.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting discusses Unisex legislation in the U.S. Congress on new and existing policies that eliminates gender in life insurance, pensions, health insurance and automobile insurance.

Description: This presentation is a general session from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. In introducing the speaker, the session leader notes the global similarity of the actuarial profession’s interests and concerns in that “issues such as solvency, professional conduct, and standards of practice are being discussed everywhere.” The guest speaker, editor in chief of ‘The Economist,’ discusses the rapidly changing world in light of the recent collapse of communism and current geopolitical and economic trends. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists discuss aspects of corporate-owned life insurance: in light of recent tax-law changes, compensation flexibility, policyholder administrative concerns, and the impact of low interest rates. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.