Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 9 is an update on the current efforts of the ALC-LIAA Joint Actuarial Committee to bring about certain changes in the Standard Valuation Law and the Standard Non-forfeiture Law. These efforts may have an important influence on operations of life insurance companies in the United States.

Description: This article includes a table that illustrates the time elapsed for new Fellows who qualified in the May and November 1983 examinations, from the date each fellow wrote his/her first exam.

Description: The technological, globalized world we live in was barely imaginable when the organization now called the International Association of Actuaries [IAA] was launched 103 years ago. However, that world was a reality when the International Forum of Actuarial Associations [IFAA] was formed as a section of the IAA in 1995. As the quadrennial IAA congress convenes in June 1998 in Birmingham, England, IAA members will vote on a historic measure. They will consider transforming the IAA, now an association of individual actuaries, into the structure of the IFAA, an association of actuarial organizations, to maintain and work to increase the profession’s influence in an increasingly globalized world. This article describes the details of the proposed changes.

Description: A critique of the SOA's co-sponsoring of the Manhart Brief which addressed sex discrimination in pension rates. This critique argues that the brief violates the SOA constitution by expressing not just facts, but opinions, without following specified procedures for doing so.

Description: In her address at the 1997 Society of Actuaries annual meeting, incoming president Anna Rappaport gave high priority to 'further developing multidisciplinary joint ventures with other professional associations and academia, including facilitating the exchange of ideas between academics and practitioners.' This article describes the results of that endeavor.

Description: A survey of 13 universities in the U.S. and Canada indicates a wide variety of actuarial science topics of current research, as well as proposed future research.

Description: The last year in the 20th century was an important time for the Society of Actuaries. Central to the Society’s 1998-99 activities were the celebration of its 50th anniversary, consideration of the Big Tent concept for the profession’s future, finalization of its new education and examination system for implementation in 2000, and sponsorship of a wide range of scientific projects and seminars. This article provides a 1998-99 Society of Actuaries year in review.

Description: This article discusses changes being made to the Society of Actuaries education program, mission and vision statement, governance structure, communications program, and staff redesign in order to help actuaries become better prepared to take on new roles into the next century.

Description: This is an interview with Ken Guthrie, the Society of Actuaries Senior Director of Education, regarding the new structure of the Education Department.

Description: This article clarifies a misunderstanding about a possible endorsement of a proposed amendment by the ACLI Actuarial Committee or the ACLI.