Description: Discussion of interest rates and investments. The forum looked at the outlook for interest rates on life insurance funds, new developments for the investment of life insurance funds, common stock investments, inflation, and the nature and extent of the valuation problem created by direct investment private placement.

Description: This discussion focuses on the changing pattern of life insurance investing into public utilities, railroads, real estate, mortgages, corporate bonds and common and preferred stocks. This session also looks at the importance of the investment department, the impact on policyholder earnings, direct placement investing and a history of stock market performance since 1918. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This paper describes the Actuarial examination process including history and past issues. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This discussion looks at the future of the actuarial profession. Specifically, the number of students employed and successful means of recruiting. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 11.