Description: This report is a summary of a meeting session that occurred at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The general discussion was related to employee benefit plans funding and cost. Specific topics covered included: impact of inflation on non-pension benefit plans, methods used to cope with inflation, and the effect of social insurance on inflation.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented a discussion on management strategies in today's group insurance market. Strategies discussed included: a. Coping with economic cycles, b. The cost shifting problem,c. Organizational structure, d. Administrative requirements, e. Marketing strategies, f. Product design and costs. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 8, No. 4.