Description: Discusses the market, demographic, and macroeconomic factors that affect actuaries' choices for the assumptions they use in the pricing and valuation of many insurance products.

Description: Article from The Actuary, September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8 describing the impact of the Cowell/Hoskins report and the subsequent Report of the Society of Actuaries Task Force on AIDS.

Description: The Life Practice Area seeks input on strategic issues including the timeliness of experience reports, the increasing levels of regulation, defending risk classification, ant the viability of the actuarial profession.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Task Force on the Financial Implications of AIDS has been hard at work since last June. Much has been accomplished, and we plan to present our report in an open forum at the Vancouver meeting. The Canadian Institute of Actuaries will also present its findings, and the audience and panel will have a chance for dialogue. Actuaries will also have the chance to discuss actions their own companies have taken.

Description: The Financial Accounting Standards Board has developed a data bank containing information about pensions and changing prices, extracted from 1,100 companies’ annual reports.

Description: This article discusses what the U.S. Census Bureau has to offer. The information includes surveys on population, housing, income, expenditures, crime and health. In addition, it includes censuses and surveys of most U.S. businesses.

Description: This article shows some vital statistics of Canada including births, deaths, marriages and divorces per 1000 population along with motor vehicle deaths in the years 1972, 1975, 1978 and 1981.

Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 9 is a review of Table of Expected Working Life For Men, 1968 by Howard N. Fullerton.