Description: Editors' comments regarding the editorial policy of the ARCH which is an informal communication platform regarding current actuarial research which the Committee for Research on Theory and Applications of the Society of Actuaries offers to members and friends of the actuarial community. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol.1.

Description: This article comments on the editorial policies of the Actuarial Research Clearing House publication. ARCH 1993 Vol 3

Description: This article comments on the editorial policies of the Actuarial Research Clearing House publication. ARCH 1999 Vol 1

Description: This article comments on the editorial policies of the Actuarial Research Clearing House publication. ARCH 1994 Vol 2

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists review current pension issues and recently published or expected regulations. Topics include funding issues, nondiscrimination rules, and small plan audits by the Internal Revenue Service. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.

Description: This people provides a derivation of continuous and curtate inequalities of life contingent functions and shows how the proofs of the continuous inequalities are of an entirely different nature from the usual proofs for the curtate inequalities Followed by discussion papers submitted by several authors

Description: This abstract describes a paper that analyzes the sample size effects on the estimation of the beta.

Description: This session discussion is about experience-rating and credibility in group health insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to discuss modified cost methods that have been proposed for small-plan valuations, The first portion of the paper deals with criteria for choosing a cost method. The next portions deal with small-plan characteristics and the potential shortcomings of conventional cost methods when applied to these plans. The final portion discusses two classes of modified cost methods that have been proposed for circumventing these shortcomings. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983, Vol. 35.

Description: Reports on the Fifth International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics & Economics that was held at Penn State University July 23-25, 2001.