Description: In session 117 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the status of a study regarding the current valuation methodologies applicable to life insurance, annuities, and health insurance, as well as the legal and regulatory mechanisms through which they are implemented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1976 SOA Fall Meeting is about the comparison of social security systems in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the relationship between social security and private pension plans, and the contrast of Canadian and European governmental medical insurance programs to the continuing controversy in the United States over government health insurance.

Description: This summary of a session at the April 1976 Washington D.C. meeting presents information related to Solvency Standards for Life Companies and issues related to solvency standards and reserves.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at bank ownership and control of insurance companies around the world. Focus is on cultural differences between banking and insurance, regulatory issues, distirubtion, and products.

Description: Panelists discussed the implications of the growing trend in Canada toward demutualization of mutual companies into stock companies. Topics covered include: 1. The Canadian demutualization process and some interesting differences between companies and across borders. 2. How is eligibility determined? 3. What process is being used to determine allocation of shareholder value? 4. What mechanisms are in place to protect policyholders' reasonable expectations? 5. What internal and financial structural changes are driven by demutualization? 6. How financial markets assess stock value for companies operating internationally.

Description: This 1981 session focused on the relative roles of regulation and the actuary in three countries - the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. It looked at valuation and solvency, contracts, rate control and disclosure. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting reviews the codes of professional conduct and standards of practice and the professional obligations when practicing in various other countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Anaheim. The panel discussed the findings of the Task Force for Research on Life Insurance Sales Illustrations and the direction of regulation in this area. The Task Force recommendations reflected input received from regulators, individual life insurance companies, other insurance professionals and actuaries.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the duties and responsibilities of appointed actuaries, including compliance with qualification standards and actuarial standards of practice. They discuss the United States, where new regulations were recently adopted by the National Association of insurance Commissioners [NAIC], developments in Canada, where new legislation is expected to pass, and also world practice, looking at Europe and the U.K. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This special session 72OF of the Dallas Spring Meeting is structured in a guided forum style, much like a town meeting, and led by SOA President Robert L. Brown. It is designed to cover issues vital to the proposed Strategic Plan of the SOA. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 72OF