Description: This panel discussion session focused on the practical applications of risk theory.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2003 Washington, DC Spring Meeting discuss the analytical skills needed to ensure the actuarial profession's future growth. The findings of the 2002 Member Survey and 2002 Market Opportunities Research Report are reviewed. The role of the Chief Risk Officer is explored.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session presented the methods by which the E&E system strives to meet the educational needs of Canadian students, and allowed discussion as to whether the effort is successful and sufficient.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session focused on three projects funded by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund: risk models, operations research applications for actuaries and probability modeling of losses.

Description: Discussion of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: Opportunities and problems for the actuarial profession and the industries it serves. The panel explored for each country: • The background and current economic situation of each country • Trends in governmental programs • Expansion of insurance markets • Development of employee benefit programs • Building the actuarial profession: education and research

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting covers insolvencies of insurance companies in the U.S., developments within the IAA with respect to solvency assessment and risk measurement. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This is the general session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting with keynote speaker, Dr. J. Craig Venter who discusses sequencing the human genome, dog genome and mouse genome and the impact on the practice of medicine. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting explores the status and impact of AIDS in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere in the world.

Description: Panelists discuss a new actuarial textbook. Addressed are the rationale for the book, layout, and some practical applications of financial economics in an insurance or annuities context. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the research project initiated by the SOA on public financial guarantee programs - PFGPs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.