Description: In this article the author encourages actuaries to shop for books on Amazon by way of www.contingencies.org. By doing so 'Contingencies' receives a commission to help fund minority scholarships. From: The Actuary, October 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 08.

Description: This article is a book review of History Of Company's Collapse about the failure of Execute Life. From The Actuary Vol. 26, No. 9

Description: Article is about a task for for continuing education seminars

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 34, Number 10 - December 2000

Description: The January 2001 issue of The Actuary.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 37, Number 5 - My 2003

Description: In this teaching session at the 1975 Society of Actuaries Los Angeles Spring Meeting, the presenter provides suggestions on how to make a more effective speech. Noting that our training and experience as actuaries provides us with the content for a presentation, this session focuses on the method and style of the presentation.

Description: Discussion of new individual life, annuity and disability product developments designed to meet conditions in today's market. This article was presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: This is article covers a session from the Annual Meeting about financial analysis and corporate strategy. It discusses: evaluation of external factors that affect the long-run outlook for the company, assessment of strategic opportunities and development of long-range action plans. 1975 Record Vol.1 No. 4

Description: Through much of the Baby Boomer generation's working lifetime, retirement planning focused on asset accumulation. Strategies like Dollar-Cost Averaging and Asset Diversification became well understood by nearly everyone in the retirement industry. As those assets move into the payout phase (post retirement), the appropriateness of those strategies becomes less clear. Presenters will aim to exhibit and explain how and why adding a Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA) or Deferred Income Annuity (DIA) to a retirement portfolio can help to minimize a retiree's chance of outliving his or her income, and why sellers of annuities should focus more heavily on these product offerings. At the conclusion of the session, attendees will be able to - Identify the reasons why effective asset accumulation strategies may be ineffective in the decumulation phase of retirement - Evaluate the benefit of using at least a portion of accumulated retirement assets to purchase a fixed income stream that the annuitant is guaranteed not to outlive - Explain the benefits of a SPIA/DIA focus to other industry practitioners