Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about equity strategies of life insurance company general accounts. Topics included: 1. Various kinds of equity investments,what their features are, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. 2. What is the most efficient way, given the risk profile that most life companies have, to invest in equities? 3. Can you live with the capital standards that nervous regulators require? 4. Can you live with boards of directors who believe that we don't sell that many products with long liability tails, so we don't need equities?

Description: This 1978 discussion session focuses on the impact on pension plan design due to: 1. The 1977 Amendments to the Social Security Act, 2. The Administration's proposal in regard to integration of private pension plan benefits with Social Security benefits, 3. The requirement to eliminate compulsory retirement prior to age 70, and 4. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, et al. v. Manhart, et al. which held that an employer violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it requires women to contribute more than men to a pension fund in order to receive the same level of benefits.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Focuses on the strategies and products used by both Canadian and U.S. insurance companies in marketing their products and services to the pension market.

Description: This session is about GICS and other insurance company products that are used by private pension plans.

Description: The forum will present the results of a recently completed comprehensive survey of employers of actuaries. Topics will include demand for actuaries by both traditional employers and nontraditional employers e.g., investment banks and software firms and the changing pattern of demand since the last survey was conducted six years ago. Implications for future hiring, recruiting, and training will be discussed. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about GIC alternatives and synthetics. What are the types of alternatives and what are the associated risks and rewards?

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses the asset/liability implications of synthetic GICs, book value wrappers, the investment risks, and how companies are handling these risks. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.