• He pointed out, however, that ARIA is the organization for insurance academics and symposia of this type will serve to foster research in insurance regulation.
• He said the purpose of the symposium would be to promote interaction between insurance regulators and academics and provide for thoughtful discussion of important regulatory and public policy issues in insurance.
• Each symposium could be organized around a general theme as opposed to a narrow topic, which would provide some degree of cohesiveness while broadening the potential interest in the symposium.
• The symposium would be oriented toward applying theoretical concepts and critical analysis to practical regulatory problems.
• Papers would be solicited and presented on topics related to the symposium theme and sessions would be organized around the different topics and papers.
• Participants in the sessions would represent a range of perspectives including regulatory, academic and industry.
• The primary focus would be discussion of the papers but participants would be encouraged to present general views on the topic as well.
• President Walsh said he believes that the symposium will significantly contribute to regulators' and academics' understanding of important policy issues in insurance
• Upon motion duly made and seconded, the subcommittee received the report on the overview of the Annual Regulatory Issues Symposium.

1994-4, NAIC Proceedings