Description: This session was an open discussion which occurred at the SOA's May 1976 Meeting in Houston of the 'Report on Actuarial Principles and Practical Problems with Regard to Nonforfeiture Requirements.' It also contains a summary of written responses to the report, developments and recent work in the nonforfeiture area. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1976, Volume 2, No. 2.

Description: This session is about the statement of general philosophy, long range and short range objectives, and external forces. From the 1977 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 3, No. 1.

Description: This discussion at the San Francisco and Washington 1966 Regional Meetings covers three topics - Disability Benefits under Life or Health Insurance Policies, Changes in Individual Medical Expense Insurance in the Light of Medicare, and Optional Modes of Settlement.

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: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Pension benefit security bill, 2. Variable insurance products, 3. Trends in hospital and medical care utilization, 4. Insurance distribution and marketing systems, 5. Deferred and incentive compensation, 6. Annual Statement accounting, 7. Social Security and employee benefits in western Europe, 8. Individual medical expense insurance, 9. Reserves and related problems for variable annuities and cost-of-living benefits, 10. Topics for consulting actuaries, 11. Profit and other objectives in group operations, and 12. Life insurance operations overseas- problems and opportunities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1969 Vol. 21 Pt. 1 No. 61.

Description: This is a discussion about new product developments, supplementary benefits - Accidental Death, Guaranteed Insurability and automatic inclusion of supplementary benefits rather than optional, product expense trends, considerations in setting commissions for policies with different characteristics, and analyzing and entering new markets.

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Philadelphia and Kansas City Regional Meetings is a discussion about product research for life insurance companies, the product development process, and the challenges presented due to ever increasing product offerings.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. The Actuary's responsibilities- pensions, 2. Policy loan problems, 3. New forms of group insurance, and 4. Corporate financial management of mutual life insurance companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1974 Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 75AB.

Description: Panel discussion on inflation's impact on business procedures, contingency plans, long-term benefit levels, and determination of financial reporting items such as future reserves, surplus levels, operating expenses, and net gains. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.