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Presentations/Handouts

Below you will find handouts from various sessions at the SOA 08 Annual Meeting and Exhibit held in October 2008 in Orlando, FL. Please note that some sessions have multiple handouts from different authors/presenters and that some handouts are not available for certain sessions.

Session 1
Management & Personal Development and Marketing & Distribution Section Joint Reception: Understanding Distribution
Kevin F. Leavey, FSA, MAAA; Michael E. Shunney*

Session 4
Reinsurance Section Hot Breakfast
JJ Lane Carroll, FSA, MAAA; Thomas Crawford, FSA, FIA, MAAA; Richard de Haan, FSA, FIA, MAAA

Session 6
Management & Personal Development Continental Breakfast—Review of Recent Executive Books
Paula M. Hodges, FSA, MAAA; Kevin F. Leavey, FSA, MAAA

Session 7
Smaller Insurance Company Section Hot Breakfast
Christopher H. Hause, FSA, MAAA

Session 8
Investment Section Hot Breakfast
Marc N. Altschull, FSA, MAAA; Anthony Dardis, FSA, FIA, MAAA; Neal Roese, Ph.D.*

Session 9
Actuary of the Future Section Hot Breakfast: Actuaries Without Frontiers
Fazli M. Datoo, FSA, MAAA; Shiraz Jetha, FSA, FCIA, MAAA

Session 11
Opening General Session
Bruce D. Schobel, FSA, MAAA, FCA; Greg Heidrich
Keynote: Billy Beane

Session 13
The Actuarial Toolkit—Methods for Forecasting Economic Variables
Anthony Dardis, FSA, MAAA, FIA; Armand M. Yambao, FSA, EA, MAAA

Session 14
Future Threats to Mortality Improvement: Opposing Views
Mark Swanson, FSA, MAAA; Kevin Somerville, MD*; David Winsemius, MD, MPH*

Session 15
Application of Product Development Tools and Techniques from Other Industries
David A. Moore, FSA, MAAA; Christopher L. Conklin, FSA, MAAA; Rob Docters*; Alice Kroll, FSA, MAAA

Session 16
A New Way to Think About Retirement
Anna M. Rappaport, FSA, MAAA, EA; Barbara Butrica*

Session 17
Bringing "Equity" to the Issue of Equity Investments in Pension Plans
Thomas M. Sablak, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Paul Bosse*; Chad Aaron Hueffmeier, FSA, MAAA, EA; Dimitry D. Mindlin, ASA, MAAA

Session 18
Integration of Foreign Subsidiaries with U.S. Parent Companies - CANCELED

Session 19
PBA Primer
Kerry A. Krantz, FSA, MAAA

Session 20
Disability Modeling—Designing Effective and Efficient Models
Scott D. Haglund, FSA, MAAA; Lijia Guo, ASA, MAAA, Ph.D.; Trevor C. Howes, FSA, FCIA, MAAA

Session 21
LTCI Pricing: Profitability Measures and their Behavior
John Leo Timmerberg, ASA, MAAA; Loida Rodis Abraham, FSA, MAAA; Allen J. Schmitz, FSA, MAAA

Session 22
Risk Management in Non-Traditional Arenas: Expanding Our Risk Horizons
Francis P. Sabatini, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Karen J. DeToro, FSA, MAAA; Venu Nagali*; Sameer Vittal*

Session 23
Focus Your Time for Superior Results
Janet E. Duncan, MAAA, FCAS; Doris Orr*

Session 24,
Being the Bad Guy (Communicating News to Executives)
Kevin F. Leavey, FSA, MAAA; Dennis Becker, BS, MA, Ph.D.; Michael E. Shunney*

Session 25
Medical Management Today
Ian G. Duncan, FSA, MAAA, FCIA, FIA; Francois Millard, FSA, FIA, MAAA; David W. Plocher, MD*

Session 26
Life and Annuity Product Development—Year in Review
Christine E. Dugan, FSA, MAAA; Elinor Friedman, FSA, MAAA; Lisa Hollenbeck Renetzky, FSA, MAAA

Session 27
Medicare Advantage, Session One—Part C, Present and Future
Daniel W. Bailey, FSA, MAAA; Scott Harrison, Ph.D.*; Kirk A. Roy, FSA, MAAA; A. Kirk Twiss, FSA, MAAA

Session 28,
ERM: Opportunities for Actuaries to Make a Difference
Sim Segal, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Jeremy Gold, FSA, MAAA, FCA, CERA; R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Sudha Shenoy, FSA, MAAA, CERA

Session 30
Integrating Economic Capital and Enterprise Risk Management
Stephen J. Bochanski, ASA, MAAA; Bradley E. Barks, FSA, MAAA; Sim Segal, FSA, MAAA, CERA

Session 31
Hedging Strategy Optimization
Wendy Yawen Yu, FSA, MAAA; Dave A. Bulin, FSA, MAAA; Joseph Orrin Stoutenburg, FSA

Session 32
Jumbo Troubles and Remedies
Timothy J. Ruark, FSA, MAAA; Robert A. Diefenbacher, FSA, MAAA; Brian Millman*

Session 33
2004-05 Individual Life Experience Study Results
Richard L. Bergstrom, FSA, MAAA; Sharon S. Brody, FSA, MAAA; Thomas E. Rhodes,FSA, MAAA, FCA

Session 34
Enterprise Risk Management for Smaller Companies
Max J. Rudolph, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Marvin P. Ehly, FSA, MAAA; Randall P. Rotschafer, FSA, MAAA, CERA

Session 35
Retirement—New Products and Approaches
Marcia Mantell*; Brent Hamann*; Christopher G. Raham, FSA, MAAA

Session 36
Striking a Match between Assets and Liabilities without Getting Burned: Update on Pension Risk Management
Marvin Lee Stokes, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Chad Aaron Hueffmeier, FSA, MAAA, EA; James Scott, CFA*

Session 37
Hot Topics in the Principle-Based Approach to Reserves and Capital
Gary L. Falde, FSA, MAAA; Richard H. Daillak, FSA, MAAA; James W. Lamson, FSA, MAAA

Session 38
Capital Market Issues in a Global Society
Catherine Denise Lyn, FSA, FIA; Aaron Hou, CFA, FRM, PRM*; Andrew D. Smith*

Session 39
Critical Illness Developments
Sheila Matheson*; Sebastien Blondeau, FSA, MAAA; Steve Fretwell, CLU*

Session 40
All Politics is Local: What the States are Doing about Health Insurance Coverage and Affordability
Daniel W. Bailey, FSA, MAAA; Ronald E. Bachman, FSA, MAAA; David M. Dillon, FSA, MAAA

Session 41
Securitizations and Reinsurance—How They Apply to LTC
Mark J. Costello, FSA, MAAA; Edward John Bonach, FSA, MAAA; Thomas R. Corcoran, FSA, MAAA

Session 42
Medicare Advantage, Session Two—Part D
P. Anthony Hammond, ASA, MAAA; Brendan Charles Lyons-Keefe*; Sue E. Todhunter*

Session 44
Where are Technological Advances Taking the Insurance Industry…and Its Actuaries?
Ben H. Wolzenski, FSA, MAAA; James Barnes*; Dave Dorans*; Jay M. Jaffe, FSA, MAAA; Eric J. Joyce*; Mitch McCloskey*; Chris Peek*; Kevin J. Pledge, FSA, FIA

Session 46
Education & Research Section Continental Breakfast
Thomas P. Edwalds, FSA, ACAS, MAAA

Session 47
Product Development Section Hot Breakfast
R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Robert P. Stone, FSA, MAAA

Session 48
Joint Risk Management Section Hot Breakfast
Ronald J. Harasym, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, CERA; Max J. Rudolph, FSA, MAAA, CERA

Session 50
The Implications of ERM
Nicholas John Ranson, FSA, FIA, FIAA, MAAA; Helen Galt, FSA, MAAA; Gerald Wilson*

Session 51
An Actuarial Perspective on Structured Investment Products
Allan Mark Levin, FSA, MAAA, FIA; Marie-Laure Chandumont*; Chris Crevier*; Frank Zhang, FSA, MAAA

Session 52
LTC Claims Management of the Future
Deborah A. Grant, FSA, MAAA; Maureen Lillis*

Session 53
Decisions, Decisions (about Retirement)
Anna M. Rappaport, FSA, MAAA, EA; Susan S. Spraker, Ph.D., CFP*

Session 54
Pension Protection Act: A Recap of Recent Guidance
Thomas M. Sablak, FSA, EA, MAAA, FCA; Robert B. Davis*; Birgit Anne Waidmann*; Carolyn E. Zimmerman, FSA, EA, MAAA

Session 56
U.S. and European Views on the Revolution in General Purpose and Solvency Accounting
Tara J. P. Hansen, FSA, MAAA; Henry W. Siegel, FSA, MAAA; Hans van der Veen*; Hans J. Wagner, FSA, MAAA

Session 57
Transparency and Provider Issues—Impact on Health Care Affordability and Quality
Stuart D. Rachlin, FSA, MAAA; Doug Cave, Ph.D.*; Thomas James, MD*

Session 58
Sales Force Modeling, an Essential Tool for Managing Distribution Effectiveness - CANCELED

Session 59
A Futurism Primer—Case Studies using Futurism Methods
Scott D. McInturff, FSA, MAAA; Allen M. Klein, FSA, MAAA; John E. Tiller Jr., FSA, MAAA

Session 60
Predictive Models—Innovation versus Implementation
Vincent Michael Kane, FSA, MAAA; Ognian Asparouhov, Ph.D.*; Yuhong (Jason) Xue, FSA, MAAA; Chris E. Stehno, MBA*

Session 61
Hot Topics in Life Insurance Products and Marketing
Christine E. Dugan, FSA, MAAA; J.C. Brueckner*; Keith A. Dall, FSA, MAAA; Terence B. Martin, FSA, MAAA

Session 62
Medicare Advantage, Session 3—Technical Topics for Part C and Part D
Eric P. Goetsch, FSA, MAAA; Matthew P. Chamblee, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Jennifer Lazio, FSA, MAAA; Susan E. Pierce, FSA, MAAA

Session 63
Federal Income Tax Implications of Principle-Based Reserves
Arthur V. Panighetti, FSA, MAAA; Norman E. Hill, FSA, MAAA; Edward L. Robbins, FSA, MAAA

Session 65
A Look into the Future—Economic Forecasts for 2009
Andrew H. Dalton, FSA, MAAA; Sufang Cui, FSA, MAAA, Ph.D.; Kurt Karl*

Session 66
Tools to Help Me with My Treaty
David Addison, FSA, MAAA; Donna R. Jarvis, FSA, MAAA; Dana Wiele*

Session 67
Protection Products: Present and Future
Jeremy Lee Lane, ASA, MAAA; Brian K. Carteaux, FSA, MAAA; Paul Fedchak, FSA, MAAA

Session 68
How Important is Lifetime Income to Retirees?
Anne M. Button, FSA, MAAA, EA; George (Sandy) Mackenzie*; Marie Rice*

Session 69
Game On! PPA Experiences in 2008 … and Unresolved Issues
Marvin Lee Stokes, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Tonya Bowman Manning, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Donald J. Segal, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA

Session 70
Principle-Based Approach for Smaller Insurance Companies
Jerry F. Enoch, FSA, MAAA; Arnold A. Dicke, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; James W. Lamson, FSA, MAAA

Session 71
GAAP Update
Rod L. Bubke, FSA, MAAA; Matt Frazee, CPA*; Mark J. Freedman, FSA, MAAA; David C. Scheinerman, FSA, MAAA

Session 72
The Presidential Candidates—A Comparison of their Health Care Platforms
Patrick L. Collins, FSA, MAAA

Session 73
Preparing for PBA and Stochastic Modeling
Scott A. Weltz, FSA, MAAA; Laurel A. Kastrup, FSA, MAAA; John Leo Timmerberg, ASA, MAAA

Session 74
The Revised Qualification Standards and Continuing Professional Development Apply to You!
Tom Bakos, FSA, MAAA; Emily K. Kessler, FSA, EA, MAAA, FCA

Session 75
Actuarial and IT Departments: Making the Marriage Work
Tim A. Pauza, ASA; Cheryl Jones*; Steve Leigh*; Dean K. Slyter, FSA, MAAA

Session 76
High Impact Communication
David C. Miller*

Session 77
Marketplace Relevance Action and Environmental Scanning - CANCELED

Session 78
The Fundamentals and Practical Considerations of Life Insurance Company Expenses—A Teaching Session
Sam Gutterman, FSA, MAAA, FCAS, FCA, HONFIA

Session 80
Presidential Luncheon
Cecil D. Bykerk, FSA, MAAA, FCA; Bruce D. Schobel, FSA, MAAA, FCA
Keynotes: Bob Beckel and Cal Thomas

Session 82
An Actuarial Perspective on Measuring Operational Risk
Nicholas John Ranson, FSDA, FIA, FIAA, MAAA; Ali Samad-Khan*

Session 83
The Mortgage Crisis: Were Insurance Companies and Pension Plans Prepared?
Andrew H. Dalton, FSA, MAAA; Tsana W. Nobles, FSA, MAAA; Dawn Silvia*

Session 84
Update on IDEC Disability Income Study - CANCELED

Session 85
SOA Survey Results on Alternative Tools for Mortality Risk Management, Early Duration Claims and Life Settlements
Allen M. Klein, FSA, MAAA; Michael H. Choate, FSA, MAAA; Anna Hart, MS, SRM*; Everett Kunzelman, FLMI, ACS*

Session 86
Target Practice with Retirement Replacement Ratios
Marvin Lee Stokes, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Jeffrey S. Paciero, FSA, MAAA, EA

Session 87
Late-Breaking Developments for Pension Plans
Donald J. Segal, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Tonya Bowman Manning, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Carolyn E. Zimmerman, FSA, EA, MAAA

Session 88
GAAP Update Workshop
Rod L. Bubke, FSA, MAAA; David C. Scheinerman, FSA, MAAA

Session 89
Current Topics Affecting Smaller Insurance Companies
R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA; Christopher H. Hause, FSA, MAAA; Leon L. Langlitz, FSA, MAAA; Anthony G. Proulx, FSA, MAAA; William M. Sayre, FSA, MAAA; Philip A. Velazquez, FSA, MAAA

Session 90
Aging Population: Opportunities and Risks
James C. Christou, ASA, MAAA; Joshua David Bank, ASA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Douglas J. Knowling, FSA, MAAA; David N. Wylde, FSA, MAAA

Session 91
Private LTC and Public/Private MLTC
Larry J. Pfannerstill, FSA, MAAA; Holly Michaels-Fisher, MPH*; Geoffrey Walton*

Session 92
Long-Term Health Cost Projections - CANCELED

Session 93
Will State LTC Partnership Programs Generate Medicaid Savings?
Malcolm A. Cheung, FSA, MAAA; Babak Alimard*; Mark Meiners*; Paul Strebe*

Session 94
Distribution Economics
Andy Ferris, FSA, MAAA; Richard K. Berry*; Lucian Lombardi, ASA; Kevin J. Pledge, FSA, FIA

Session 95
Valuation Software Enhancement for PBR
Carl Desrochers, FSA, MAAA, FCIA; Van Beach, FSA, MAAA; Trevor C. Howes, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Chris Peek*; Craig W. Reynolds, FSA, MAAA; Roger W. Smith, FSA, MAAA

Session 99
Financial Reporting Section Hot Breakfast
Jerry F. Enoch, FSA, MAAA; Rod L. Bubke, FSA, MAAA

Session 100
Long-Term Care Insurance Section Hot Breakfast—Litigation & Public Relations Management
Steven W. Schoonveld, FSA, MAAA; Susan Coronel*

Session 101
Health Section Hot Breakfast
Daniel W. Bailey, FSA, MAAA; Joel Shalowitz, MD, MBA, FACP*

Session 103
Risk Aggregating Techniques
Chad R. Runchey, FSA, MAAA; B. John Manistre, FSA, FCIA, MAAA; Lutz Wilhelmy*

Session 104
A Behavioral Finance Perspective on Actuarial Science
Donald R. Krouse, FSA, MAAA; Neal Roese, Ph.D.*

Session 105
Tax Treatments and Traps—Life Products and Their Usage
Arthur V. Panighetti, FSA, MAAA; John T. Adney*; Brian G. King, FSA, MAAA; Kory J. Olsen, FSA, MAAA

Session 106
Payout Annuities: The Past, the Present and the Future
Douglas L. Robbins, FSA, MAAA; Jodi L. Kravitz, FSA, MAAA; Joel C. Sklar, ASA, MAAA

Session 107
The State of Defined Benefit Plans Worldwide
Joshua David Bank, ASA, MAAA, EA, FCA; John Turner, Ph.D.*

Session 108
The State of Pension Plan Accounting/Disclosure
Thomas M. Sablak, FSA, EA, MAAA, FCA; Anne M. Button, FSA, EA, MAAA; Gregory Nicholson*

Session 109
Market Consistent Embedded Value—Practical Issues
Vincent Y. Y. Tsang, FSA, MAAA; Craig A. Buck, FSA, MAAA; Dominique Lebel, FSA, MAAA, FCIA

Session 110
Group Life—New Products and Features
Scott D. Haglund, FSA, MAAA; Mark M. Yu, FSA, MAAA

Session 111
Pricing Health Coverage
Charles S. Fuhrer, FSA, MAAA; Olga T. Jacobs, FSA, MAAA; Michael E. Weilant, FSA, MAAA

Session 112
Credit Insurance and Debt Protection Products Hot Topics
Christopher H. Hause, FSA, MAAA

Session 113
Capital Market Innovation
Joseph Paesani, FSA, MAAA; William Cassano*; Guy Coughlin*; Charles-Antoine Laplante, FSA, MAAA

Session 114
Using SOA e-Learning Modules for Continuing Education
Stuart Klugman, FSA; Stephen A. Eadie, FSA, FCIA

Session 115
CDHP/HDHP Recent Results
David M. Tuomala, FSA, MAAA, FCA; Joseph D. Bogdan, FSA, MAAA; Frederick S. Busch, FSA, MAAA

Session 116
How to Host a Business Planning Event
Kevin F. Leavey, FSA, MAAA; Morrie Allen Bunnell, FSA, MAAA; Vincent J. Granieri, FSA, MAAA, EA

Session 119
Pension Dumping—Who Wins and Who Loses When Pension Promises Are Broken
Thomas M. Sablak, FSA, MAAA, EA, FCA; Fran Hawthorne*

Session 120
Retirement 20/20 Redux
Emily K. Kessler, FSA, EA, MAAA, FCA; Cynthia J. Levering, ASA, MAAA, EA, MSPA

Session 121
Financial Reporting Issues in Insurance Securitization
Dean M. Nelson, ASA, MAAA, CFA; Deborah Duarte, CPA*; Otto Lowe*; Todd R. Sagmoe, FSA, MAAA

Session 122
Group Life—Underwriting and Experience Rating Considerations Workshop
Christopher Howley*; Maryellen Jankunis*; Kevin James Trapp, FSA, FCIA, MAAA

Session 123
Technological Solutions to Pricing Health Coverage
Joseph N. Romano, ASA, MAAA; Debbie Appelbaum, MBA*; Rob Carr*; David Cusick*; Steve Hulslander*

Session 124
LTC Insurance Section-Sponsored Research Study Results
Steven W. Schoonveld, FSA, MAAA; Melissa Ann Gordon, ASA, MAAA; Jessica Miller*

Session 125
Getting Off the Ground
David V. Axene, FSA, MAAA, FCA; David S. Rintoul*

Session 126
E-Signatures
Jay M. Jaffe, FSA, MAAA; Brian Casey*; Patrick Hatfield*

Session 127
Replicating Portfolios
Curt Burmeister*; Bradley E. Barks, FSA, MAAA; Takeko Shimotomai, FSA, MAAA

Session 128
Indexed Products
Andy Ferris, FSA, MAAA; Michael L. Kaster, FSA, MAAA; Robert P. Stone, FSA, MAAA; Brian T. Woolfolk, FSA, MAAA

Session 129
Are Your Health Trends Fact or Fiction?
Greta Redmond, FSA, MAAA; Patrick K. Getzen, FSA, MAAA

Session 130
The Actuarial Standards Board and ASOPs
Stephen G. Kellison, FSA, MAAA, EA; Mary Downs*; Frank Todisco, FSA, MAAA, EA

 

The SOA will not be providing hard copies of handouts for all sessions. Hard copies will be produced by the SOA for certain sessions if it is deemed necessary by the presenter, and if the presentation is received by the SOA designated deadline. In addition, presentations received by the deadline will be posted for general viewing on the SOA Web site in PDF format one week prior to the meeting, so that attendees may print handouts to bring with them if they wish. Handouts can be accessed at here. All presentations (including late and amended materials) will be posted for general viewing on the SOA Web site after the meeting.

 
 
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