Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the dollars-at-risk, or value at risk, system for risk management in the banking industry and the applicability of this system in the insurance industry. It also covers a practical example of using dollars-at-risk at an insurance company. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session analyzes the factors that influence the mortality differences between countries and between population and insured-lives mortality.

Description: Presented at May 19996 Spring Meeting. This session focuses on emerging compensation plans in the life insurance industry: levelized commissions, potential changes in NY regulations, compensation in alternative channels, salaried agents, innovative programs.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This teaching session covers course F-585 in the exam materials, which is intended to provide background for the actuary who aspires to become the chief financial officer of a financial institution. It addresses raising capital and financial management.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. An investment manager discusses investment strategy for a disability insurer and a rating agency representative and a stock analyst describe how disability insurers are evaluated for risk profile and other issues.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. Presents tips, techniques, and models for Disabled Life Reserve and incurred but not reported 'IBNR' reserves.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session presents case studies on the use of technology to solve some of the problems commonly encountered by actuaries in smaller companies.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. In this discussion, panelists look at nontraditional disability delivery approaches - such as direct marketing, banks and internet - and competitors for insurance companies in disability management - such as HMOs and management consulting firms.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session provides varying perspectives on corporate approaches to the macro management of risk. In this paper, areas such as risk identification, asset/liability management structure, and secular trend analysis will be discussed.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. Topics to be discussed include possible standards of practice relating to demutualizations and to changes to nonforeiture laws.