Description: This article is an introduction to the topic of mortality projections and their impact on social security systems. The article reviews two life expectancy graphs and overall trends in life expectancy by gender at birth and age 65 in the United States, Canada and the UK.

Description: This article discusses the need to broaden and expand the actuarial profession. The author encourages adding new practice areas or enhancing existing ones.

Description: Presidential address at the 1996 annual meeting. The president encourages actuaries to broaden their scope and skills, develop the attributes he discusses and make a plan to redesign yourself.

Description: Actuaries should make the effort necessary to make a real contribution to business and public policy.

Description: Feature article about the effects of obesity on life expectancy and how actuaries will be affected.

Description: This article highlights the benefits of the globalization of the actuarial profession and discusses why actuaries should be interested in international topics.

Description: Discusses the Society of Actuaries Committee on Planning efforts to review the SOA's Mission Statement in light of current trends and possible future policy initiatives.

Description: This article describes the process used when it has been determined that a new or revised study note is needed for the examination process.

Description: This table shows the results of an attribution of the major contributing factors to the rate of mortality improvement in cardiovascular disease between 1980 and 2000.

Description: Full version of The Actuary, December 1996, Vol. 30, No. 10.