Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses the current economic situation, demographics and insurance market in other countries. The discussion addresses such issues as the changes in laws and regulations, the economic climate, cultural environments, and other factors affecting insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: 2011 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, Chicago. This study investigates whether simulation-based models can be used to predict liquidity risk for banks, which must comply with Basel III by January 2015. The paper looks at the process of developing a measurement framework using Black-Scholes and Merton’s asset-based models to measure liquidity risk.

Description: Discussion of the current business environment, the profile of the actuary who can meet these needs, directions corporations will take in the 21st century, economic and demographic trends that will affect the environment and markets over the next decade. The panelists discussed the need to be pro-active in shaping the environment.

Description: 2011 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, Chicago. This is the abstract of the entitled paper.

Description: This paper discusses the new Basel Accord for Capital Adequacy which refines the minimum capital requirements for banks. The seesion looks at the analysis of credit and market risks with the emphasis on to what extent the collection, storage and evaluation of data calculated with internal approaches is dispensable by the use of Basel II-data for bank banagement.

Description: Discussion that reinsurance regulation is driving the amount and hence the cost of capital and hence the ability of reinsurers to price products competitively

Description: This article from SOA president David Holland, speaks to the need of the actuarial profession to consistently evolve with the needs of the 21st century.

Description: Discussion of the diversification activities of a number of life insurance companies. This includes the formation of, or acquisition of, property and casualty insurers, variable annuity companies, mutual fund management companies, banks, finance companies, leasing companies, real estate development companies, televisions and radio stations, newspapers, software consultants and other corporate enterprises. Discussion includes: 1. Activities really compatible with the llfe insurance product. 2. Activities otherwise compatible with corporate objectives or offering potentially large profit centers. 3. Activities which can be an excessive drain on corporate earnings and executive manpower 4. The actuary's role in these diversification activities. Then the discussion goes into a discussion of corporate planning models

Description: In session 7I of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss the growth of the cross-selling of financial products in the banking and insurance sectors. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Addresses a variety of financial reporting issues of interest to the attendees at a meeting of Valuation Actuaries.