Description: This is the presidential address by former SOA president, Robin B. Leckie. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session debates the following resolution - resolved: the actuary should be required to express an opinion in life insurance company statements regarding the valuation adequacy of projected future cash flows.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussion was an overview of the valuation actuary's role, product development implications, actuarial profession implications, implications for regulators, and implications for insurance company management in each country.

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: Panel discussion from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston on the topic of the financial services industry and its response to inflation and deregulation. Topics included: 1. Industry reconfiguration, relative competitiveness of various segments of the industry. 2. New products and technological advance 3. Impacts on the life insurance industry. a. Bank marketing of insurance products b. Investment and bank products marketed by insurers

Description: This keynote debate from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting addresses if the Society of Actuaries is adequately equipping its members for the role their employers and clients should expect of them. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers various measures of profitability by line of business, analysis of earnings and techniques to measure the surplus needed to support a line or product. From Record of Society Of Actuaries Vol. 9. No. 3

Description: The panel discussed conservation strategies for permanent and term insurance. Topics included: 1.Impact on in-force business from new products e.g., continuous reduction in ART rails, non-smoker discounts, universal life: increased policy loans?, replacements?, lapses?, surrenders and _exchanges? 2. Responses from companies: e.g. extension of new cost methods to existing policyholders?, Field compensation when replacing existing business?, internal conservation functions?, update programs policyholder/agent communication strategies? applicability of new products to in-force policyholders. 3. Interest groups which must be considered and differences between stock vs. mutual companies? e.g. Policyholder, agent/broker, management, stockholders, prospective policyholder, legal/regulatory forces IRS, SEC, state insurance departments. 4. Appropriate financial considerations and anticipated results? Is stonewalling a viable alternative? GAAP effects statutory effects use of reinsurance field force compensation/survival, anticipated future mortality results, Federal Income Taxes.

Description: This 1978 session discussion included important challenges to the actuarial profession that result from current social and economic changes, opportunities for actuarial input in a political process, and expanding horizons for the actuarial profession. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 1.