Description: The SOA Research Institute has executed research for over twenty years on some repeating themes and topics. The reports build on each other and add content. This article summarizes and discusses a summary report on long-term care, caregiving and housing linked to long-term care and caregiving.

Description: All things considered, caution needs to be applied to the use of so-called “standard” mortality tables. Sharpening up these blunt estimates by using individual assumptions reveals material differences in the structure of longevity, both between plans and within plans.

Description: The article presents statistics for Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces per 1,000 Population for the years 1972, 1975, 1978 and 1981. It also contains another table with motor vehicle deaths for the same years.

Description: Discusses the market, demographic, and macroeconomic factors that affect actuaries' choices for the assumptions they use in the pricing and valuation of many insurance products.

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1959: 1. 'Pension Funds and Economic Power' by P. P. Harbrecht, 2. 'Retirement and Insurance Plans in American Colleges' by W. C. Greenough and F. P. King, 3. 'Elements of Vital Statistics' by B. Benjamin, and 4. 'Demography' by P. R. Cox. Notices of other articles and publications are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 32.

Description: The article is an overview of the life insurance business in the Middle-East. It presents the history and culture of the region and the impact on shaping the life insurance products. The article then presents surrounding economic, political and demographic environment as well as business challenges and opportunities. Finally, the article presents the market position on the digital transformation.

Description: This article brings forth a humorous discussion of fat executives stemming from the New York Times report which polled 15,000 executives showing that fat executives received less pay and are less likely to advance as quickly a lean persons.

Description: This article is a review of “1972 Lifetime Earnings by Age, Sex, Race, and Education Level, Research and Statistics Note No. 14-1975,” published by the Social Security Administration, which presents detailed data by quinquennial age groups, sex, race, and years of school completed as to the present value of future earnings based on static earnings levels 1972. It is stated that such data can be used for general analytical purposes to form policy, for court determinations of awards in damage suits, and for cost-benefit analysts in such areas as disease prevention and education programs. The author of this article notes in his analysis the inconsistency of the static salary assumptions with a range of interest rates from 2% to 8%.

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1992 and 1993: 1. 'Demography and Retirement' by Anna M. Rappaport and Sylvester J. Schieber, 2. 'Health Insurance Answer Book' by John D. Reynolds and Robin N. Bischoff and 'Health Insurance Answer Book, 1993 Cumulative Supplement' by Thomas A. Darold, and 3. 'Value of Pensions in Divorce' by Marvin Snyder. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1993, Vol. 45.

Description: Book review: Demography and Retirement in the 21st Century by Anna M. Rappaport and Sylvester J. Schieber. Congratulations are given to the editors and the pension Research Council for presenting important questions and discussions about our future.