Description: The Society’s computer has obediently coughed up an array of our 4,646 Fellows by year of completing Fellowship. These figures, composed of the 4,480 Fellows shown in our current Yearbook as of November 1, 1981 increased by 178 who qualified in the November 1981 examinations and decreased by deaths and other terminations. There is also detail on the SOA budget for 1981-1982 and historical financial statements.

Description: The author laments the fact that the current Speaker's Kit of the SOA gives no credit of achievements to actuaries since 1875.

Description: This is a discussion on valuation and examines small company reserves and methods used in valuing disability, double indemnity, family income and other benefits in determining the reserve released by voluntary terminations. From Transaction of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: This discussion at the San Francisco and Washington 1966 Regional Meetings covers three topics - Disability Benefits under Life or Health Insurance Policies, Changes in Individual Medical Expense Insurance in the Light of Medicare, and Optional Modes of Settlement.

Description: The paper analyzes the merits of various bases for illustrating ordinary life insurance dividends considering dividend histories, current allocation, current experience, dividend forecasts and investment generation allocation. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This is a discussion about the new examination syllabus. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: Advocates promoting the savings aspects of cash value life insurance products.

Description: This is a panel discussion about H.R. 10 pension plans, i.e., tax deferred retirement savings plans for the owners of an unincorporated business and its employees. The following questions are addressed: To what extent is coverage under H.R. 10 being provided under individual policies and under group contracts? What problems are presented in each approach? If special plans are used, what provisions must be included? If normal contracts are used, what modifications or endorsements must be made? What plans are generally used? If split-funding is not used with normal contracts, how are increases in contributions handled? To what extent are trust or custodial accounts being used? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2.

Description: This article is a summary of Darrell Laird's paper in T.A.S.A. 50, The Revenue of the Period of Account and Its Relation To Premiums, Valuation and Dividents. Mr. Laird saw 3 problems, 1 finding a comprehensive way to measure a life company's real performance, 2 displaying sale and administrative expenses revealingly to management and 3 distributing surplus equitably among holders of individual policies.

Description: At least three of our members have received attention lately in The New York Times. This is a series of short pieces focusing on unusual and amusing stories of actuaries.