Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about marketing opportunities, marketing techniques, product selection and design.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Target Markets - true third party, fictitious trust, individuals, Media - mail, television, periodicals, Product choice and design.

Description: This session discusses various techniques for evaluating the success of an existing network as defined by profitability, risk exposure and long-term viability. Topics include network design, provider changes and quality measurement. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 92

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discusses how employers are trying to limit their risks under medical care plans and the implications of such strategies for carriers. This session considered the differences in the economic and random fluctuation risks, and the effectiveness of programs in controlling each.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session focused on recent experience of programs designed to contain health care costs.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about credit card distribution systems, association endorsed marketing, direct response marketing and single premium credit insurance.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about what analysis is effective in measuring recent medical care experience and are the projected cost-containment savings presented to plan sponsors being realized.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This discussion looks at how a managed care plan can know whether it is doing a good job on utilization review, if there is room for further reduction in utilization, and how a plan should prevent under-utilization.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is highlighting recent developments in the Chicago health care delivery system, the involvement of Chicago area HMOs, PPOs and insurers in the financing and delivery of health care services, and issues unique to the Chicago market as well as issues applicable to other geographical areas.

Description: Panelists provide their perspectives on current issues in the dental market, such as: · Product development · Experience trends · Competitive marketplace · Future outlook From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 65