Description: This article notes the many volunteer contributions of three actuaries who have recently died - Edward Lew, Charles Watson and Warren Adams.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at recent and pending social security legislation, the 1990 Trustees Report, and the Moynihan proposal to move to pay-as-you-go financing.

Description: This article explains the Society of Actuaries' views on mandatory continuing education.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Presenters offer a preview of an actual Course 7 dealing with applied modeling.

Description: This presentation from the August 1996, 31st Annual Actuarial Research Conference summarizes how the Society of Actuaries gathers ideas for and implements research projects.

Description: It is the objective of this paper to highlight and analyze the difference in funding level per participant in the context of a specific situation when determined on an aggregate basis versus an individual basis. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1986, Vol. 38.

Description: The purpose of this statement is to describe principles and considerations regarding the provision made by insurance organizations relative to life actuarial risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: In early 1989, the Society of Actuaries appointed a Task Force on Strengthening Relationships Between Universities and the Actuarial Profession. The charge of the Task Force was to explore the relationships between the actuarial profession and universities in the United States and Canada and recommend how they can be strengthened to the benefit of both the actuarial profession and the universities. This article summarizes the Task Force's recommendations that were approved by the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991 Vol. 1.

Description: An article detailing four members’ diaries from November 1992 through March 1994 about their trips to Russia.

Description: This 1998 presentation from the 33rd Actuarial Research Conference reports on a number of activities related to the relationship between the actuarial profession and the academic community, including: 1. feedback received during the related session at last year's Actuarial Research Conference, 2. some the results from the SOA Research Effectiveness Task Force survey, and 3. recent developments such as the joint CAS, CIA, SOA Task Force on Academic Relations.