Description: A discussion of what life insurance distribution systems might look like in 1990- from the perspective of 1980- under a high inflation scenario. Included the following topics: I. Traditional agency distribution systems 1a. Which systems will survive the 1980s 1b. Anticipated changes in the traditional systems 2. New agency distribution systems 3. Direct response marketing 4. New methods of selling insurance

Description: This is a panel discussion sesssion on life insurance company cash flow issues under 1980's economic conditions, i.e. inflation, and how they affect various product lines. U.S., Canadian and U.K. perspectives are discussed.

Description: This panel discussion looks at new pricing techniques including the use of risk theory, pricing for the entire rate book, and the handling of overhead expenses. There is also a discussion of setting assumptions and the sources of data for assumptions.

Description: This is a discussion about various underwriting issues including broadening the standard class at younger ages, overinsurance, mortality experience on guaranteed and automatic issue and taking smoking habits into account in underwriting life insurance risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion looked at defining tax parity between mutual companies and stock companies as well as the consequences of failure to achieve tax parity.

Description: Panel discussion on recent developments in individual disability insurance, including morbidity trends, reserving assumptions and variations, marketing and underwriting trends and trends in claims practices. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in New York.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting concerns the relationship of product design and investment philosophy in light of the high interest rate environment and increased lapsation. Topics discussed were changes in the maturity of debt instruments, how withdrawals provisions affect product pricing, allocating specific classes of assets to product lines and surplus objectives resulting from the matching of assets and liabilities. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss new non-traditional investments, innovative assets and investment-management techniques, and their applications. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: The paper analyzes the merits of various bases for illustrating ordinary life insurance dividends considering dividend histories, current allocation, current experience, dividend forecasts and investment generation allocation. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This session is about financial rating systems: The processes, performance, improvement, and the role and impact of risk-based capital requirements.