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: Table of contents for the 1999 Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held in Seattle, Washington

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses recent economic developments leading many companies to reduce their workforce, examines the impact of this activity on the pension plan, nondiscrimination rules and explores design options that have been used in conjunction with downsizing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting gives an overview of the equity indexed market and discusses the issues associated with managing these products after issue.

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

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 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

Description: Table of Contents for the May 1999 Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries