Description: Discussion of Forecast 2000, the actuarial profession's public relations program.

Description: This article summarizes information on the regulatory aspects of variable annuities, both federal and state, and offers thoughts on corporate structure, product, marketing and sales commissions.

Description: This article discusses the formation, and work in progress or under consideration, of the SOA's Committee for Research on Social Concerns to identify social concerns with actuarial aspects on which objective analysis, research and creative input could be provided.

Description: This article discusses reasons why the Society of Actuaries is not vocal in expressing its opinion.

Description: This article focuses on the differences between U.S. and Canadian policy making processes, especially as it relates to social insurance.

Description: This article provides an update on various legislative and regulatory activities including, allowing individual variable annuities, federal standard for fiductiary responsibitlity with respect to pensions, policy loan interest rate and credit insurance issues.

Description: This article is about actuarial departments within the government, with added emphasis for the UK and the GAD. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 6

Description: Article Confidentiality Of Federal Statistics by Johansen in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: This article is about the Canadian Federal Department of Finance 1987 Tax Reform proposal which can be summarized under three headings: Company tax, Investment Tax and Sales Tax.

Description: This article describes the new state of Washington regulation governing replacements noting problems with the formula used and offering improvements.