Description: This paper examines the compatibility of the two models, in the hope that this exploration will prompt a greater cross-fertilization of ideas between the life actuarial branch which favors Bayesian models and the casualty branch which favors Hans Buhlmann models.

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 discusses future projections of operations for both new and existing companies. The author proposes and discusses 3 basic methods - model office, analysis of operations and an 'overall method. The model office, being the most detailed, delves into how to approach each major item in the summary of operations.

Description: This is the listing of Obituaries for members of the SOA who died between May 1978 and September 1979, and one death in May 1976.

Description: This paper presents mortality rates by sex at ages 90 and above for persons who received retired worker benefits from the social security program for the first month that such benefits were paid. Followed by a discussion paper

Description: Multiple obituaries for members of the SOA who died in years 1987 and 1988. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1988, Vol. 40, Pt. 2.

Description: This paper discusses three methods for the amortization of deferred acquisition expenses, DAC and the results when actual experience differs significantly from that assumed. The methods include a static approach with prescheduled amortization, a dynamic technique called the expense reserve factor method, and an aggregate or accumulated premium revenue method. A discussion follows the paper. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: Since spring, with the marked improvement in the payments deficit of the United States, the climate for discussion of reform of the world currency systems has become much more favorable. Perhaps our subject today should more fittingly be entitled Monetary Reform for the World Economy. Discussion focuses on the steps that can be taken to insure that enough liquidity will be provided to finance expanding world trade while maintaining stable price levels, and on how reform measures can be drawn to avoid the danger that additional liquidity will encourage countries to run chronic deficits.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Group Weekly Indemnity Continuation Table Study by Morton D. Miller. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This paper shows how net costs of virtually all life insurance contracts may be compared, using, for each contract, the ratio of two interest-adjusted cost indexes denoted as Interest Adjusted Cost indexes. The paper includes a discussion of how the relative cost of early termination of the contract may best be shown to the buyer. Followed by discussion papers submitted by various authors