Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses several topics, including the impact on juvenile insurance of guaranteed insurability riders, family policies, and others, the impact on sales to females due to the introduction of lower costs, policies allowing conversion o monthly life income, use of age last birthday, and revised policy formats.

Description: These are the meeting minutes from the Annual Meeting held in Chicago, IL on October 29-31, 1953. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 13.

Description: This discussion on annuities and settlement options focuses on: A. Revisions made recently in the interest and mortality bases for annuity contracts and retirement income policies and for settlement options embodied in life insurance policies. B. The extent to which the use of settlement options might be justified for payees other than the insured and beneficiaries who are natural persons. C. The practical problems arising in connection with: 1 Requests for elaborate or complicated settlements 2 Liberal settlement option guarantees in outstanding policies

Description: These are the meeting minutes from the Western Spring Meeting held in Cincinnati, OH on June 4-5, 1953. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 12.

Description: These are the meeting minutes from the Eastern Spring Meeting held in New York, NY on March 26-27, 1953. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 11.

Description: This discussion is about various methods for grading premiums and/or cash values by face amount size. Also a discussion of reasonable interest and mortality assumptions for computing retirement income policy maturity values and optional settlement rates guaranteed in new policies.

Description: This general discussion looks at the results derived from the 15th International Congress of Actuaries and the legislations adopted in Canada and proposed in the U.S. giving favorable tax treatment to pension contributions by the self-employed. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 26.

Description: This is a greatly condensed summary of the panel discussion of Robert B. Mitchell's book, 'From Actuarius to Actuary, The Growth of a Dynamic Profession in Canada and the United States,' and is intended merely to convey some idea of the interesting colloquy which took place. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 76.

Description: This is a brief summary on the panel discussion about accreditation, at which it was announced that 3 actuarial organizations had approved the organization of the Academy of Actuaries.

Description: These discussions at the Jacksonville and Chicago SOA Regional Meetings looked at the issue of replacements focusing on policyholder rationale, types of plans involved and regulatory involvement.