Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act of 1959.

Description: This study develops mortality ratios, using contemporary population tables as the base, for the 897 Fellows of the two predecessor bodies to the present Society observed to anniversaries in 1985. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1990, Vol. 42.

Description: This section contains multiple book reviews and summaries of recent publications. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 25.

Description: This discussion is about the types of work that actuaries are doing in the E.D.P.M field. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13 Pt. 2

Description: This general discussion focused on: A. The increase on maximum limits on single premiums accepted based on investment conditions, B. Steps a smaller company might take to meet the current demand for pension plans, C. The extent to which companies have: 1. Transferred to their field or district offices functions which had previously been performed in the home office 2. Transferred to the home office or to central collection offices functions which had previously been performed in agency offices D. Steps taken to revise or supplement company retirement plan benefits to recognize higher salary scales and the possibility of still further inflation, E. The advantages and disadvantages of the Bank Loan Plan under which a policyholder purchases a limited payment life policy and borrows part of the premium from a bank, and F. Changes which have been made in War Exclusion Riders, Disability and Double Indemnity provisions.

Description: Ed. Note: Several Society members testified in a recent lawsuit in which 14 stock life companies and two field men’s groups sought to prevent Wisconsin’s Insurance Commissioner from requiring that buyers be given (1) a preliminary policy summary that displays the policy’s Surrender Cost Index (SCI) but not its Net Payment Cost Index (NPCI) nor its Equivalent Level Annual Dividend (ELAD), and (2) a buyer’s guide that describes these figures in a manner objectionable to these plaintiffs.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is to call to mind the furor caused by Elizur Wright's eviction of a British company from his state for failing to meet reserve standards, to look at the 19th Century consequences of Wright's actions, and to ponder the great impact upon the actuarial profession today.

Description: The rules for picking prizewinners among Actucrossword solvers were changed in September 1982: the time taken to submit a solution ceased to be counted, and winners were to be determined by fiscal year instead of monthly. This article announces the winners for the period September 1982 through June 1982 and welcomes comments from solvers of either Aclucrosswords or Actucrostics that would make them more fun or of greater interest.

Description: Submitted entries to a contest for actuarial aphorisms

Description: This month and next we introduce an intriguing variant on Graham Deas’ popular ACTUCROSSWORDS. Because of the nature of their clues we are calling them SYMBOLIC ACTUCROSSWORDS. Their composer is a member in the Philippines, Alexander T. Brooks, to whom go our warmest thanks.