Description: Evaluation of the excess mortality element of the Group Conversion charge. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Personal Security in the 1970's- United States and Canada, 2. Adjusted earnings for life companies, 3. Pension funding, 4. What about these younger actuaries?, 5. Sources of statistical information for actuaries, 6. Variable life insurance, 7. Models and decision techniques, and 8. Role of the actuary in expense control. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol 22, Pt. 2, No. 63.

Description: Discussion of the diversification activities of a number of life insurance companies. This includes the formation of, or acquisition of, property and casualty insurers, variable annuity companies, mutual fund management companies, banks, finance companies, leasing companies, real estate development companies, televisions and radio stations, newspapers, software consultants and other corporate enterprises. Discussion includes: 1. Activities really compatible with the llfe insurance product. 2. Activities otherwise compatible with corporate objectives or offering potentially large profit centers. 3. Activities which can be an excessive drain on corporate earnings and executive manpower 4. The actuary's role in these diversification activities. Then the discussion goes into a discussion of corporate planning models

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies associated with moving to the 1958 CSO mortality table, such as policy language, format, mortality assumptions and settlement options.

Description: This discussion is about the new procedures that are being used or are contemplated in the preparation of new rate books and policy forms with reserves and cash values computed under the 1958 CSO Table.

Description: This discussion at the 1967 Annual Meeting is about issues facing new companies including the areas of marketing, personnel, capital and surplus, financial projections, and communications.

Description: This is a discussion about many topics.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadephia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings covers adjusted earnings for insurance companies including definition, how it is used, and approaches for different lines of business.

Description: Discusses how the professional status of consulting actuaries is affected by marketing activities, relationships with agents, brokers and non-actuarial consultants, competition, performing non-actuarial services, client ownership position or board membership, and billing practices.

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings focused on challenges and opportunities of the multi-line company, especially the cross-selling of life and property/casualty insurance.