Description: This discussion of the Federal Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act reviews problems insurance companies and consulting actuaries are facing. Special procedures adopted are examined as well as the position taken with respect to the major questions arising from this law. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: In this paper the authors discuss the official decennial Unites States Life Tables for 1979-81, presenting age-specific mortality rates and expectations of life. Mortality trends are examined going back to the first decennial tables published at the beginning of the century, and brief comparisons with mortality in other industrialized countries are made. The paper includes written discussion. From the 1985 Transactions Vol. 37.

Description: This paper presents a procedure for analyzing the factors that affect federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance costs in the U.S. This procedure shows that the tripling of the program costs during the last 30 years resulted from increases in the number of beneficiaries as opposed to increases in the number of covered workers. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1986, Vol. 38.

Description: 1980 SOA Annual Meeting. This is the 1980 presidential address given by Julius Vogel. He discussed current actuarial issues. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: This paper presents a surplus-ratio goal that is appropriate for group accident and health insurance and discusses growth, the sources of gains and losses, ways to improve operating gain and tracking results against expectations. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: These are obituaries for members of the Society of Actuaries which had passed away between 1952-1953. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 12.

Description: This is a listing of names of those serving as Officers and members of the Board of Governors for the Society of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1954, Vol. 6, No. 14.

Description: This is the obituary for Clarence Egerton Moulton 1863-1954. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1954, Vol. 6, No. 15.

Description: 1956 Transactions of the SOA, Volume 8. This is a listing of names of those serving as Officers and members of the Board of Governors for Society of Actuaries.

Description: This Transactions section contains book reviews and summaries of recent publications. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.