Description: In this session 36OF of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss and compare the risk management practices used by insurers and by banks. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Presenter discusses some techniques for minimizing and controlling the damage to defined-benefit pension surpluses caused by market forces. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

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 presenters at this session discuss the sources of funds for stock life insurance companies, including debt, capital, policyholders, and coinsurance, and the prioritization of the use of funds. “Enterprise risk exposure and management” and policyholder vs. shareholder dividend philosophy are additional topics.

Description: Panel discusses securitization as a popular method for improving returns and clearing up balance sheets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3., Session 74 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting

Description: This session explores where financial engineering is applied, who is “leading the charge,” and what are the current and future roles of actuaries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 55PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: This session discussion is about deterioration in claims-paying ability, financial well-being of life insurance companies, benchmark surplus standards, key operation ratios, credit analysis of asset holdings, market view of stock companies, adequacy of capital in the industry, appropriate risk/reward posture in the industry, advice to management, outlook for the various business and views on surplus relief devices. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: In session 120IF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss latest developments related to Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Las Vegas, NV May 22-24, 2000 This teaching session discusses the available tools for communicating company risk postures to senior management. The focus is on tools that show distributions of results rather than a point estimate.

Description: This session 26PD of the Dallas Spring Meeting discusses the soon-to-be-released findings of this working group. The survey presented includes life, P/C, and multi-line companies as well as a comparison to practices in the banking industry and European insurers. This is a repeat session. Please see the Record Volume 27, No 2 of the Toronto Spring Meeting for details of this session.

Description: The panel presents the results of an industry survey on risk management practices. The survey includes life insurance and property/casualty companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 18PD of the Totonto Spring Meeting.