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: This is the presidential address by former President of the Society of Actuaries, Edmund M. McConney. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This is the presidential address by former President of the Society of Actuaries, Edmund M. McConney. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: Article from The Actuary January 1970 Vol. 4, Issue 1 recalls the first 20 years of the Society of Actuaries through a recount by past presidents.

Description: This informal discussion looks at the study of Section 213: What problems are involved, and along what lines does the greatest promise of satisfactory solutions lie. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.