Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session about fluctuation in interest rates covered: 1. The impact of increasing interest rates on liabilities. 2. Whether insurance companies are prepared for movements in interest rates. 3. The effects that rising interest rates have on the asset side of the balance sheet and some of the associated risks. 4. Investment strategy and asset-liability strategy, using the SPDA product as example.

Description: 2004 SOA Spring Meeting, Anaheim, CA. This session was about various alternative skills that actuaries might need such as business acumen, communication skills, asset knowledge, knowledge of broader financial markets, and knowledge of corporate operations.