Description: This is a discussion on actuarial research and how the Society of Actuaries plays a major role. Is the current research a sufficient response to the immediate and practical concerns of practicing actuaries? How can the Society improve their strategy towards research. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries 1978, Volume 4, No. 4.

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.

Description: This meeting session presented at the 1980 SOA Spring Meeting in Minneapolis, provides an overview and discussion panel related to the original formation of SOA Sections. The document provides an explanation and overview to section development. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Description: This 1977 session presented dramatic scenarios of situations related to professional conduct. The audience was asked to react to the situations and provide their thoughts on the appropriateness of the situations. From the 1977 Record, Vol. 3, No. 4.

Description: This presentation is a general session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The speaker addresses the art of taking criticism and offers specific strategies that enable one to use criticism to his/her own advantage, including how to appraise the validity of criticism, dealing with the destructive critic, handling critical customers and clients, how to keep from becoming defensive, how to change your own behavior, and getting the critical edge. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 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: The panel discussed actuarial opportunities in the 1980's and 1990's. Questions discussed included: 1. Will traditional opportunities be reduced? 2. What nontraditional opportunities are available? 3. What changes are needed in our educational process? 4. How do we make nontraditional employers aware of actuarial skills and their value? 5. What will actuarial work be like? From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 8, No. 3.

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 panel discussion, which occurred at the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs, presented information related to the mass media and how actuaries could be effective in using it to get their messages communicated. Several media experts attended to offer their opinions and perspectives.