Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about a comparison and adaptation of the principles followed by companies praised in current management literature.

Description: The financial services industries that most actuaries serve are fundamentally changing. So it’s critical that the profession change, also, to meet the new needs of those and other industries using actuarial services. This editorial is about the questions that must be addressed by actuaries who want to succeed in the new environment.

Description: Discusses how surplus should be defined, how it should be invested, and how the rating agencies may respond to various approaches. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: The author gives a summary of the recent Pacific Insurance Conference.

Description: This is an article about the 1981 Annual Meeting. Gone are the time-honored Concurrent Sessions and Discussion Forums. After reflecting on evaluation form comments and other evidence, the Program Committee will unveil at Atlanta two brand new formats.

Description: An article how the New Actuary of the Future Section Relates to the existing Futurism Section outlines the different functions of each and stresses he importance of both sections.

Description: Feature article from the January 2010 issue of In The Public Interest discussing problems with funding of public programs.

Description: Notes from the session at which the Futurism Section was formed. The discussion included the process for selecting members of the Futurism Council and Council officers. There was also a discussion of initial projects for the Section

Description: Editor's summary of items in this issue of The Actuary.

Description: The chairperson of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section discussed the section's accomplishments, ongoing activities, and plans for future projects.