Description: Discussion of new individual life, annuity and disability product developments designed to meet conditions in today's market. This article was presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: Panel discussion focusing on managing health care costs.

Description: Panel discussion of varying views on: substandard underwriting with prudent pricing, qualified vs. nonqualified plans and the need for IRS clarifications, rate stabilization and aggressive pricing, noncancellable products and product features.

Description: Panel discussion of prospects for cost containment of, and alternatives to, fee-for-service health care, and management of health care under national health insurance. Discussion points include cost containment devices, HMOs, economic impact, cost escalation, self-insurance, stop-loss, claims administration, loss of state premium taxes, and Phase 3 tax problems under NH1.

Description: This meeting session was held at the SOA's 1975 Annual Meeting in Bal Harbour. The topic presented was the public role of the actuary. Questions addressed were: A. Should the actuarial profession be more active in social issues? B. Do actuarial principles exist and should they be codified? C. How should actuaries react to the various publics they serve? D. Will the actuary evolve into a generalist who evaluates risks, whatever form they take? From the 1975 Record, Vol. 1, No. 4.

Description: This discussion is on asset management for an insurance company, including issues of varying investment strategies for different product lines through various asset segmentation approaches, management of the assets supporting surplus, and asset/liability risk management considerations

Description: Futurism expert discusses the nature of futurism, and how actuaries can benefit from a knowledge of its principles and techniques. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Discussion of LTC insurance product developments being spurred by recent demographic and regulatory trends, especially combination products such as LTC benefits with disability income, annuities, and life insurance. Several viable product styles are considered, along with the pros and cons of each.

Description: Panel discussion of alternative approaches to the design of reserve standards, to include those topics discussed in several recent papers and committee reports.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about a comparison and adaptation of the principles followed by companies praised in current management literature.