Description: This is a study of irregularities in pulse beats detected by the electrocardiogram and the impact on mortality experience at one company. Followed by a discussion paper

Description: The Committee on Group Insurance Mortality stated that they will include the 1957 experience in the next detailed report, when published. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1958 Reports.

Description: Discussion of the sensitivity of GAAP reserves to certain assumptions made and methodologies used. Followed by a discussion paper

Description: This paper describes the impact of inflation on the design, reporting, and actuarial analysis of the federal retirement programs for civilian employees and military personnel. The impact of inflation on these programs is of interest not only because federal annuity payments are a large portion of the federal budget, but also because the annuities have been fully indexed since 1963 and have gone through many of the design and valuation problems that would be experienced by other fully indexed pension systems. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982, Vol. 34.

Description: The subject of this paper is the question: What is the added cost to permit unrestricted election of optional forms of retirement income? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, No. 36 AB.

Description: It is the purpose of this paper to outline the reasoning behind the Catastrophic Accident Hazard and some of the details of a reinsurance arrangement with Lloyds of London for managing this risk. Paper is followed by 2 discussion papers

Description: This paper is an attempt to examine transmission and incubation period models. Results are used to estimate the risk of HIV+ exposure of an individual company and the resulting reserve needs. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1989, Vol. 41.

Description: This paper considers a typical retirement endowment plan where an endowment provides for a monthly payment at retirement and units of life insurance prior to retirement and which the amounts of insurance in later years are net level premium reserves. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, No. 37.

Description: This paper presents a call to action for the actuarial profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1972, Vol. 24, Pt. 1, No. 69 AB.

Description: This article from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20, identifies the participants and summarizes their comments. The discussion topics include proposed legislation to provide disability benefits under OASI, the proposal to lower the OASI retirement age for women from 65 to 62, the advantages and disadvantages of bringing the personnel of the U.S. armed forces under OASI, coverage of state and municipal employees, and developments in Canada.