Description: In this article, the authors review the International Experience Study updates.

Description: In session 51CS of the Maui I Spring Meeting the Panel describes what every actuary should know about mergers and acquisitions in the life and health insurance business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: In session 129 CS of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the basic techniques of market research and how they might be used by actuaries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This article lists participating companies and countries with the International Experience Study and describes the process of adding additional countries to the study.

Description: This session discussion is about competitive strategies in mass marketing for both direct response and payroll deduction marketing. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discusses strategic planning for an actuarial consulting firm or any other type of company with a focus on changing with the times and capturing new opportunities.

Description: Actuary of the Future Section session recap covering market research.

Description: This article discusses the survey of published embeddd value EV financial assumptions through 2010 sponsored by the Society of Actuaries International Experience Study Working Group. The purpose of this survey is to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data.

Description: This article contains a summary of the SOA International Experience Survey of Embedded Value Financial Assumptions. Topics surveyed include discount rate, equity return, fixed return, local government return, inflation, and tax rates.

Description: This article presents the results of a survey of financial assumptions contained in 2003 embedded value reports. The purpose of the survey was to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data and to enhance the knowledge of actuaries about current international market conditions and practices.