Description: The flurry of accounts of three-generation actuarial families having waned pro tem, perhaps I may spark new genealogical interest by reporting the actuarial spanning of four generations. Charlton T. Lewis 1834-1904, my mother's grandfather, became a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America in October 1889, six months after its formation.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 3. This editorial discusses the impact of the AIDS epidemic on financial security programs and what to do about it.

Description: This 1978 discussion focused on risk classification and privacy, including the following questions: What are the implications of the Privacy Study Commission's recommendations? What legislative developments have occurred? What can be expected? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 3.

Description: Full version of Risks and Rewards Newsletter, October 1998, Issue No. 31.

Description: This panel discussion is about the basic concepts of non-participating life products with non-guaranteed or ideterminate premiums. Various issues around pricing, product design, reserving, regulatory approval and taxes are discussed.

Description: This is an editorial on the actuarial job and the impact of the number-one-ranking in The Jobs Rated Almanac.

Description: This paper describes a theory of long-term interest-rate trends that was propounded in 1899 by an actuary, Charlton T. Lewis. The paper then presents a preliminary examination of how well that theory stands up in the light of 20th-century experience. The purpose is to invite more thorough evaluation by any experts who find the theory possibly useful.

Description: This paper by the SOA Committee on HIV research builds on past work to show three projections of the future of the AIDS epidemic. These scenarios can provide information to actuaries in considering the financial impact of AIDS for life and health insurance. The paper develops general population AIDS mortality rates related to the three scenarios. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1990, Vol. 42.

Description: Article from The Actuary, September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8. An editorial regarding increases in the amount of reported AIDS cases.

Description: This presentation is a general session from the joint Society of Actuaries/Casualty Actuarial Society Meeting held April 10-11, 1978 in New York City. The panelists provide an update on the current environment for risk classification in both property/casualty and life insurance areas, including regulatory development and court cases. The speakers note there are at least eleven Federal Agencies administering bans against sex discrimination, although not all of these deal with retirement plans or insurance, and that various states have issued regulations which affect our ability to classify risks, and that the issues, social more than actuarial, will not go away. Discussion from Participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 4, No. 1.