Description: This session from the 1984 Toronto Meeting discusses the pressures generated by the U.S. deficit on the U.S. and other countries, the trade scene and U.S. policies such as deregulation. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discusses a study by the Center for Futures Research 'CFR' at the University of California and possible users of CFR and similar studies in the strategic planning process.

Description: This session presented at the SOA's April 1976 Washington D.C. Meeting provides information on the impact of inflation on Life Insurer Income Tax and Tax Liability and the impact that the U.S. tax policy on investments, jobs and inflation.

Description: This discussion at an SOA 1968 Regional Meeting is about currency devaluation in other countries and the effects it has on life insurance, pension funds and company operations in the U.S.

Description: This 1981 session on Fiscal and Monetary Policy dealt with questions of i. What are current U.S. and Canadian policies? 2. What is the outlook for fiscal policy in the U.S. and Canada? 3. What does current monetary policy imply for financial and credit markets and interest rates? 4. What political, social and economic changes must occur for nominal interest rates to begin steadily declining toward parity with real interest rates? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Philadephia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings is about currency devaluation in other countries and the effects it has on life insurance, pension funds and company operations in the U.S.

Description: This is a discussion of indexed coverages for individual contracts. It covers such topics as the history of indexed coverage in the U.S. and Canada and other countries and the possibilities for the ideal fully-indexed permanent life insurance and disability income plans.

Description: This session is about the methods of projecting long-run stock returns using inflation rates from bond yield curves with incremental returns for risk taking based on historical data and the relationship between concurrent, expected and unexpected inflation rates and the rates of return on common stocks and U.S. government bonds and notes. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 5, No. 4.

Description: This presentation was made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries and it highlights the following issues: What are the retirement needs of a population?, what are suitable methods of providing social insurance, private pensions,and savings?, what are the political, economic, and sociological implications of various solutions?, and what perspective on this problem does Canadian experience provide.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses demographic and economic change, changes in the market, and the direction of the legislative and legal environment for medical and long term care insurance.