Description: This article discusses the charge of a joint committee of the SOA and American Academy of Actuaries to define the role of the valuation actuary in the U.S.A.

Description: In this session executives of three insurance companies offer their views of operating their companies under three different scenarios: 1. A high-inflation scenario. 2. An incentive and investment government policy scenario. 3. A social democracy government policy scenario.

Description: British actuary, also a noted financial expert, talks about the way that domestic financial systems are not in equilibrium. He specifically describes some of the underlying financial flows in the system, how those underlying financial flows drive markets responsible for markets either rising or falling, and then the behavior of those markets. Next, he assesses the sentiment of the markets. Last, he talks about what happens when the financial flows and expectations are in the same direction. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This 1980 session explored how to think about the future and offered thoughts that the turbulence of the times increases risks and uncertainties, longer lead times are needed for implementation, today's actions determine the future, and companies can influence their own futures.

Description: This presentation is an overview of the Meeting from the Record of the SOA Vol.6 No. 1. The session summarizes points from each concurrent session of the meeting and includes issues about the effect of governmental actions and consumerism on product design and pricing of the future, risk classification in the 1980's, nonforfeiture and valuation concerns in the 1980's and effect of taxation in the 1980's.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session discussed NAIC development of model regulation for life insurance and annuity disclosures. This session also described the approaches taken by the regulators and by industry advisory groups.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadephia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings covers adjusted earnings for insurance companies including definition, how it is used, and approaches for different lines of business.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA New York Meeting covers future trends in the regulation of life insurance company valuation with an accompanying discussion note, the responsibility of the valuation actuary, the actuarial opinon and the SOA and AAA support of the valuation actuary. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 3

Description: This paper provides a summary of the following special reports from the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 27: 1. REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN - 1974 and 1975. 2. REPORT ON ACTUARIAL PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS WITH REGARD TO NONFORFEITURE REQUIREMENTS.

Description: This article is about the Society is becoming significantly more active on the international scene. Specifically, the activities of ambassadorial visits to Asia and Australia were described.