Description: The primary purpose of this paper is to present some current company practices with respect to term insurance, and the respective cash value requirements imposed by the state insurance departments. Submitted papers from several authors discussing the report followed.

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: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Demutualization process overview, Considerations, Current developments - Society of Actuaries committee New York legislation, Accounting for the demutualized company, How investment analysts will view the demutualized company.

Description: This 1978 panel discussion is about the solvency of insurers and their capacity to write business with a concentration on the outside influences on solvency and capacity. The topics covered are regulated rate of return, guarantee funds, availability of capital from public investors, and the measure of solvency.