Description: This article provides summaries of the sessions sponsored by the Nontraditional Marketing Section at the recent SOA meeting in Orlando Florida. Topics included measuring sales success, professionalism and the cost of medical malpractice.

Description: This article describes some of the traditional profit measurement standards for direct marketing and then presents a more comprehensive and up-to-date foundation for insurance direct marketers and actuaries to use when reviewing individual direct marketing campaigns or total marketing programs.

Description: The article offers a discussion about future products, distribution, insurance laws, and contracts. Some ideas might not be possible today, but it is offered as food for thought.

Description: This article notes the available pulications from Hank George, an underwriting expert, that will help keep you up to date on the subject.

Description: Subtitle: My real-life connection to (almost) every supplemental product Data is king, but maybe it should be dethroned once in a while so we can better understand the "why" behind the data.

Description: Overview of call center and digital sales platforms for the development of distribution strategy in the individual insurance market.

Description: This article describes various insurance products now offered to SOA members as an affinity group.

Description: This article summarizes a recent session at an SOA meeting that presented tips on improving and speeding the product filing process.

Description: This article gives an overview of the worksite marketing/volutary products market and addresses the pros and cons of this marketing approach.

Description: This article summarizes the winners of the Product & Process Innovative Marketing Awards that were presented at the February 2005 Professional Insurance Marketing Association PIMA annual meeting in Tucson.