Description: Actuarial science is at a cross roads. Many are urging that our highly successful examination process be partially abandoned in favour of accepting university courses in a number of basic subjects. This drive is based in part on the difficulties in supporting the present system, the experience elsewhere and a misplaced confidence in the quality of the university system. This paper explores where the university system is and where it needs to go in order to adequately serve the interests of the actuarial community.

Description: This is the program for the 25th Actuarial Research Conference held at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada on August 23-25, 1990. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: This is the agenda for the 32nd Annual Actuarial Research Conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 6-8, 1997.

Description: This is the speech given by Kenneth W. Stewart, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, to the 25th Annual Actuarial Research Conference. The speech focuses on the following global trends: 1. Population aging, 2. The spread of affluence, 3. The rise of technology, 4. Global competition, and, 5. The fungibility factor, e.g., in our brave new future world, a Scottish customer will go to his local bank branch to buy life insurance from his German insurer. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to discuss computer application, the management of an insurance enterprise in an automobile insurance marketplace wherein a number of insurers compete for marketshare and profit. The paper begins with a description of the computer program next, a cursory description of the model is given then, the assumptions of the model are discussed next, potential future modifications are discussed and, finally, a prognosis is given.

Description: In this paper we will describe how richer actuarial programs can be provided if a number of schools with smaller programs combine resources by forming a regional cooperative or consortium. We have already formed our own consortium, the Southwest Actuarial Education and Research Consortium SWAERC. The strategies proposed here have already been used in SWAERC, and we will illustrate each of them by describing our own experience with it.

Description: This is the Preface for Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1. It summarizes the 25th Actuarial Research Conference held in honor of John A. Mereu at the University of Western Ontario on August 23-25, 1990. At that conference, 40 presentations were made, some jointly written, and 56 participants attended the conference. The conference contributions which were submitted in written form are published in this volume.

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Description: List of registrants for the 1983 Actuarial Research Conference.