Description: This article provides a contemporary perspective of direct-to-consumer, defines what it is, and offers several considerations for D2C strategies.

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

Description: This article presents the mathematics for evaluating direct marketing test programs.

Description: A survey of 20 major life and health insurance entities, engaged in direct response business was conducted by Kiran Desai to understand the current status of the business and strategic thinking in the industry.

Description: This article is about real estate as an alternative source of return and income. From Risks and Rewards Newsletter, August 2006, Issue No. 48.

Description: This paper is a theoretical examination of the structure of the property-casualty insurance industry using economic theory to compare companies with agency distribution versus direct distribution. The purpose of the paper is to justify the existence of both types of distribution systems in equilibrium.

Description: Health actuaries who belong to the SOA Health section get free access to Health Affairs and the chance to join the Behavioral Finance subgroup.

Description: Discusses variability in per capita health-care costs by health-care provider.

Description: This article examines the costs of mental health parity, presents the primary drivers of cost increases from legislation and shows evidence the initial cost projections were too high. From Health Section News, March 2005, Issue No. 49.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Panelists discuss the primary risks of long-term-care insurance, reasons for reinsurance utilization, the variable forms of long-term-care reinsurance in today's market, and other forms of risk management.