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.

Description: Presented at June 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the process used by lobbyists to influence legislation and regulation: issue identification, grass roots campaigns, direct one-on-one lobbying.