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: 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: 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: London's book supersedes the graduation monograph of Morton D. Miller and T.N.E. Greville’s Study Note on the Society of Actuaries’ syllabus. Although London's book covers much the same methods as did the predecessors, he adds emphasis to the Bayes Theorem and also emphasizes techniques making good use of personal computers.

Description: A review of the book Second Book of Running, James Fixx presents studies that show a cause-and-effect relation between exercise and cardiovascular health.

Description: Summary of the 1974 report of the HIAA Prevailing Health Care Charges System which contains data from about 900,000 charges for up to 1,600 different surgical procedures, summarized for 250 geographical areas. From The Actuary Vol. 9, No. 7

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: Discusses a proposal that was ultimately accepted to have the Medical Information Bureau take responsibility for SOA intercompany impairment studies.

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.