Description: This article discusses the charge of a joint committee of the SOA and American Academy of Actuaries to define the role of the valuation actuary in the U.S.A.

Description: This session will be devoted to providing brief updates on the status and future impacts of new and emerging issues in financial reporting. The Canadian update will include the potential implications for U.S. reporting.

Description: In this session executives of three insurance companies offer their views of operating their companies under three different scenarios: 1. A high-inflation scenario. 2. An incentive and investment government policy scenario. 3. A social democracy government policy scenario.

Description: British actuary, also a noted financial expert, talks about the way that domestic financial systems are not in equilibrium. He specifically describes some of the underlying financial flows in the system, how those underlying financial flows drive markets responsible for markets either rising or falling, and then the behavior of those markets. Next, he assesses the sentiment of the markets. Last, he talks about what happens when the financial flows and expectations are in the same direction. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This 1980 session explored how to think about the future and offered thoughts that the turbulence of the times increases risks and uncertainties, longer lead times are needed for implementation, today's actions determine the future, and companies can influence their own futures.

Description: The Committee on Planning has now established a task force to undertake a structured, in-depth study of The Actuary of the Future/The Future of the Actuary. Feedback and input from all SOA members is urged.

Description: This is a summary of a presentation made at the 1975 SOA annual meeting regarding statutory reserves, contingency reserves and life insurance company surplus.

Description: Panel discussion on inflation's impact on business procedures, contingency plans, long-term benefit levels, and determination of financial reporting items such as future reserves, surplus levels, operating expenses, and net gains. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session discussed NAIC development of model regulation for life insurance and annuity disclosures. This session also described the approaches taken by the regulators and by industry advisory groups.

Description: This presentation is an overview of the Meeting from the Record of the SOA Vol.6 No. 1. The session summarizes points from each concurrent session of the meeting and includes issues about the effect of governmental actions and consumerism on product design and pricing of the future, risk classification in the 1980's, nonforfeiture and valuation concerns in the 1980's and effect of taxation in the 1980's.