Description: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this teaching session on liability modeling, the panelists discussed the key aspects of identifying and gathering the data required to construct models, the model building process including objectives and considerations, and the modeling process from the standpoint of policyholder and company behaviors.

Description: This session at the 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium looks at mergers and acquisitions in the insurance business. Recent examples and actuarial considerations in M&A transactions are discussed.