Description: This is a record of a session at the October 1975 Annual Meeting of the SOA. It discusses what can be done with a corporate model and how it can be used to solve problems. 1975 Record Vol. 1, No 4.

Description: An increasing need exists for the actuary to provide ranges and frequency distributions of possible values instead of providing only mean values. This discussion will cover: projections of asset experience under various economic scenarios, a practical application of profit analysis using scenarios and a deterministic model, exploring possible values by means of stochastic modeling, and a description of the new life contingencies textbook's stochastic approach and application to some practical population and census problems. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: Presented at the March 1975 Spring Meeting. Discusses whether traditional valuation principles can provide as much financial security in the future as in the past, including GAAP, impact of changing asset values on cash flow, and regulatory developments.

Description: This discussion covers methods used to determine limits of retention for life and health insurance, the handling of special features such as guaranteed purchase options, and any new procedures or methods for reinsurance that have been developed and the advantages and disadvantages of these.