Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting discusses the evolution of techniques in product development for life insurance with a focus on macropricing. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4B.

Description: This panel of session 3PD of the Washington Annual Meeting discusses a range of topics which fall under a new professional label of financial engineer, and how this role relates to the role of the actuary. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This paper outlines the limitations inherent in current actuarial pricing techniques and describes a product development process that can produce optimal decisions in competitive environments. From Product Development Section Monograph, M-AS99-3.

Description: This session discussion is about capital management of insurance companies from three perspectives: product development, investment, and financial reporting. Where appropriate, reinsurance will be incorporated in the discussions. Each section involved has contributed panelists and ideas. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about improving the product development process, in particular, getting the proper product to the proper market as quickly as possible. Macro-pricing is explained and discussed.

Description: This session challenges participants to consider the insurance landscape over the next five to ten years and how existing business models need to evolve. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 19PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session focused on the possible impacts of a return to higher interest rates and explored risk management strategies that may be appropriate.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about cash flow testing as it relates to taxes including the regulatory background, current practices, and the effect of using tax versus statutory values in cash flow testing.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. This panel used case studies to discuss adequacy testing, capital management, reporting solvency issues to management, single premium deferred annuity persistency, and credit risk.

Description: 1994 SOA meeting, Orlando. This session is about the committee's dynamic solvency handbook and their progress to date. Topics discussed: 1. Should this report be a required opinion/report? 2. Should it be an internal confidential analysis? 3. What are the actuary's role and responsibilities?