Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The presenters examine the role of product actuaries as marketers, discussing distinctions between marketing and sales, competitive analysis, including the technical perspective and agent input, market research, defining client needs and marketing opportunities, statistical marketing methods, educational/professional mindset, and the requirements to perform the role effectively. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This table of contents from the Record Vol. 17, No. 3B, is a partial listing of sessions form the Colorado Springs Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5, 1991. The rest of the sessions are in the Record Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about redetermination of 'Non-Guaranteed Pricing Elements Recommendations', actuarial responsibilities to the various publics relative to nonguaranteed pricing functions and brief status report on Interim Actuarial Standards Board 'IASB' including how this Committee's Exposure Draft affects the IASB.

Description: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the latest findings of the NAIC, the AICPA, the ACLI and the FASB including FAS 120, GAAP for mutuals and the fair-value liability model. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This teaching session covers course F-585 in the exam materials, which is intended to provide background for the actuary who aspires to become the chief financial officer of a financial institution. It addresses raising capital and financial management.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. Topics to be discussed include possible standards of practice relating to demutualizations and to changes to nonforeiture laws.

Description: In session 73OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss the organizational approach to the actuarial systems function that has been applied in their organizations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: In session 123 OF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss current trends in Education and Examination. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol.23, No. 3.

Description: Presenters in session 147PD of the New York Annual Meeting discuss the new profession of financial engineering and how it relates to what actuaries do. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.