Description: On May 16th, the Social Security Boards of Trustees sent to the Congress the three annual reports OASDI, HI, and SMI. These reports present cost projections similar to those provided to the Congress last year at the time of enactment of the 1977 Amendments.

Description: The SOA is shining a spotlight on its research activities as it migrates into the areas of public policy and other relevant topics.

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: A point of view article exploring whether actuaries can be considered “true” professionals.

Description: Discusses a report prepared by Frank Kleiler for the US Department of Labor on a survey he conducted of the Canadian pension situation. Includes both the private and public pension systems.

Description: A report on the findings a committee established by the government of Quebec to evaluate the respective roles of public and private pension plans in providing financial security for the elderly.

Description: This article is about a proposed Amendment to the Society of Actuaries Constitution that will permit the Society to take a public position on the actuarial content of matters within the area of public interest.

Description: The author, a Director of the National Insurance Consumer Organization, ‘NICO,’- a new non-profit organization, notes that ‘a consideration in forming NICO is the lack of adequate insurance expertise within the consumer movement.’ The article describes the public comments the organization has made on various life and health insurance issues.

Description: The letter from the president details recent developments and plans to increase the Society of Actuaries’ role in the arena of public policy research.

Description: There are challenges against the professional world today, particularly in North America and to some extent in the English-speaking Western world elsewhere. Generally speaking, the public takes the view that a profession is somewhat in the age of ancient Druids and [that these] secret societies and mythical groups [are] somehow seeking and getting occasionally, if not too frequently, privileges and preferences over the balance of the population.