Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting covers organizational structure, the attributes that facilitate changes in strategic direction and changing the organization to support the business. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: February 2016 issue of Product Matters!

Description: Read the September 2017 issue of NewsDirect published by the Marketing & Distribution Section.

Description: Read the July 2016 issue of Product Matters!

Description: Article Description * “Agile” development is all the buzz in the IT world. You may have heard your IT teams talk about scrums, sprints, and the war room and wondered if they were playing a strange new sport. Or perhaps you are already applying agile techniques in your product development. This article will discuss what agile methodology is, pros and cons, and how you might apply it to insurance product development.

Description: Discussion of expense management in a small life insurance company

Description: This article explores the development of the annuity market in the UK over the past 20 years. It examines the explosive growth achieved by the enhanced annuity market and delves into the kinds of customers attracted by these products and the kinds of enhancements typically presented. It also explores the impact of government policy changes which have lead to annuity volumes declining and 'drawdown' product becoming more popular.

Description: Read the May 2017 issue of NewsDirect published by the Marketing & Distribution Section.

Description: A discussion of how patents can be used to recover the cost of innovation in product development and operations

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA New York City Meeting discusses growth models and strategies, the impact of investment oriented products for small company growth such as guaranteed investment contracts - GIC's, the use of reinsurance and asset safety vs. asset growth. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 3