Description: This is the table of contents for presentations held at the New York Annual Meeting–October 18-23, 1998. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, 1998, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Table of Contents for the 1999 annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held in San Francisco, October 1999

Description: This is the table of contents to discussions published from the Orlando Meeting–October 27–30, 1996. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 3.

Description: This is the table of contents for discussions held at the Colorado Springs Spring Meeting–June 26–28, 1996 From Record of Society of Actuaries 1996, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This is the table of contents for discussions held at the Montreal Spring Meeting, June 19-20, 1997. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1997, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: This is the table of contents for presentations held at the Maui I Spring Meeting June 15–17, 1998. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, 1998, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: Presenter of session 48OF of the New York Annual Meeting discusses the psychology of investing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 94PD, from the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists discuss behavioral finance, which incorporates psychological phenomena into models of financial markets. Noting that behavioral finance was originally deemed controversial, the panelists look at progress made to integrate behavioral finance into models of efficient markets. The presentation includes a case study on a product in Canada commonly known as guaranteed investment fund [GIF], a segregated fund product, with risks similar to GMDB variable annuities. Behavioral finance is also discussed from the perspective of complex adaptive systems, including nonactuarial applications of these systems, some existing actuarial applications, and some potential actuarial applications. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting reviews trends in savings products including the Index Annuity, the CD annuity, variable life, variable annuities, modified endowment contracts - MEC and shifts in the banking industry. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: Panelists discuss the types of adverse selection faced by disability insurers and the manner in which companies deal with the risk in different markets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 5