Description: This is a discussion about insurance company equity products from the viewpoints of the actuary, the agent and the regulatory authority. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No. 59.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 1, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Regional Meeting, held in Atlanta March 31-April 1. The presentation is an “interdisciplinary examination of techniques, considerations and methodology associated with evaluation of acquisitions, mergers and new ventures.” The presenters focus on the investment, legal, tax, accounting, and actuarial aspects of externally directed activities.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Personal Security in the 1970's- United States and Canada, 2. Adjusted earnings for life companies, 3. Pension funding, 4. What about these younger actuaries?, 5. Sources of statistical information for actuaries, 6. Variable life insurance, 7. Models and decision techniques, and 8. Role of the actuary in expense control. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol 22, Pt. 2, No. 63.

Description: Discussion of issues of particular interest to small insurance companies. Includes the following topics: A. Considerations governing the mortality bases used in determining for ordinary insurance for nonparticipating premium rates and for dividends. Mortality studies available to assess the suitability of available mortality tables or modifications of them. B. Advantages and disadvantages of special termination dividends or special quinquennial dividends. C. Desirability and feasibility of having separate dividend scales for policies which include disability benefits, double indemnity benefits or both. D. Relative advantages of a three-factor dividend system versus an experience premium system. Discussion of how the latter is applied.

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings discusses marketing issues for life companies including concerns over abandoning the small face amount market and the shift to term insurance from permanent.

Description: If a stock life insurance company is to continue to be an attractive vehicle for stockholder investment, adequate recognition must be given to the importance of the basic economic concept of return on stockholder equity. This Actuarial Note discusses return on stockholder equity as it relates to a life insurance company and is intended to stimulate further thinking in this area. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 1, No. 59 AB.

Description: This 1979 session is about the paper, Some Actuarial Considerations for Mutual Companies. Topics included: 1. Surplus management programs 2. Methods of managing company performance