Description: Editor Nancy Manning discusses the broader mission of the the Nontraditional Marketing Section and how NewsDirect is a part of the bigger mission.

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.

Description: The Board of Governors of the Society of Actuaries unanimously approved a proposal from the Nontraditional Marketing NTM Section Council to change the name of the section to the Marketing and Distribution MAD Section. From News Direct, September 2005, Issue No. 51.

Description: This article is based on a presentation made by Jim Campbell at the Annual Conference of the Professional Insurance Marketing AssociationPIMAon banks in todays insurance distribution landscape. From News Direct, September 2005, Issue No. 51.

Description: Chairperson’s Corner Is “Think Tank” the Way To Go? by Diane McGovern from NewsDirect Newsletter, September 2003, Issue No. 44.

Description: Discussion of the findings of a survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting on the experience insurers were having with automated underwriting. This survey was solicited by the Society of Actuaries' Marketing and Distribution Section Council, the Product Development Section Council and the Committee on Life Insurance Research.

Description: This is an article that has excerpts from each of the four winning papers of a contest sponsored by the Society of Actuaries on the subject of visions of the life insurance industry in 2020.

Description: Editor's column discussing the contents of the January 2011 issue of NewsDirect.

Description: Nonprofit ideas shares lessons from the field about how a better understanding of underserved consumers can lead to better product design.

Description: A list of activities involving the Marketing and Distribution Section of the SOA.