Description: This presentation is a general session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The speaker comments that actuaries are well suited for strategic thinking by what they do, noting that “clearly strategy is very heavily involved in trying to understand the external environment and trying to forecast the future in some fashion.” The speaker also sees that “three fundamental factors that will have to be built into everything that we do. These three factors are internationalization or globalization, an understanding of quality, and an understanding of human resource management.” From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion about recruiting professional people, and what can be done to reduce the high rate of turnover among professionals, especially during the first few years of employment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No 59.

Description: This is a teaching session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting on executive compensation. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 7, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting addresses the changing role of the consulting actuary and the opportunities, problems, and rewards of becoming more heavily involved in the marketing of services and/or the management of a practice area. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This session from the 2001 SOA Spring Meeting explains how it is critical to become aware that you are in the middle of a race for obtaining, engaging and retaining top talent. Achieving a high ROI on human assets is central to your personal success and to the success of your company. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 33pd.

Description: The following topics were discussed from the perspective of small companies: 1. Pensions, 2. Agency issues, 3. Financial results and planning, and 4. Miscellaneous issues including the impact of inflation on life insurance and annuity products, variable annuities, product development, market research, and financial forecasting. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 53.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 7PD, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists discuss how in practice there is considerable variation from company to company in the functions that fall within the corporate actuary’s role. They discuss variations in corporate actuarial functions, and corporate actuaries’ role in their company’s management structure. The panelists explore trends in the role of the corporate actuary, and what makes for an effective corporate actuarial function. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the challenges faced by senior executives in managing all of the various groups including policyholders, shareholders, rating agencies, regulators, agents and employees of an insurance organization. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This presentation is a teaching session from the 1975 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-22, in Bal Harbor, FL. The instructor discusses problems in management, including topics such as the characteristics of change, the ingredients of decisions, communications, delegation, motivation, and the components of satisfaction in business. Presentation not included but contact information provided. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 1, No. 4.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting presents the conclusions from case study workshops on strategic planning. Two studies included are the Progressive Insurance and Guardian Life Insurance Company case studies.