Description: This paper presents and discusses the 1952 inter-company study of the experience under certain ordinary disability benefits between the 1930 and 1950 anniversaries. From TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES, 1954 VOL. 6 NO. 14.

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 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 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 discussion is about how are computers being used for Underwriting of individual policies mortality and morbidity studies, including the derivation of exposures, analysis of claims, etc. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Annual Meeting covers insurance company investment issues including measurement of investment performance and models for measuring perfomance.

Description: The topic of this discussion focused on the new methods of calculation, processing, and valuation using electronic equipment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: This presentation is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. This discussion on technology reviews recent [as of 1955] uses of electronic data processing equipment and major computer installations. The speakers also look at the prospects of joint use of large-scale installations by two or more companies, and discuss specific actuarial activities that can be accommodated by electronic data processing machinery, such as calculation of dividends, cash values, and policy reserves.

Description: This discussion focuses on two question: First, How are the annual statement items such as reserves, dividends, insurance in force, etc developed and organized. Second, what new or unusual methods of calculating reserves, net premiums, and expected mortality have been developed through the use of computers?

Description: Comments on the article “Developing an Actuarial Programming Language” by Russell J. Mueller in the April newsletter in which it was suggested that “a study should be undertaken to determine the feasibility of developing” such a language. In this connection, the author feels it to be appropriate to draw attention to some practical considerations which should form part of such a study.