Description: The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to mathematical principles applicable to pension funding under dynamic conditions of population growth, inflation, and automatic adjustment of benefits. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol. 28.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Pension Plans - Provisions for Termination of Plan by Dorrance C. Bronson. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: The actuarial profession is faced with a problem of determining delta-ized reserves on a basis which will include appropriate provision for adverse deviations in mortality, lapses, interest rates, and expense rates. This paper describes briefly a method which could be used to solve this Followed by papers submitted by 2 authors problem in a flexible manner.

Description: 1964 intercompany study of the mortality experienced between 1957 and 1962 anniversaries under Standard Ordinary life insurance policies when placed automatically on extended term at the time of lapse.

Description: This is the 1964 intercompany study of the mortality experienced between 1957 and 1962 anniversaries under Standard Ordinary life insurance policies when placed automatically on extended term at the time of lapse. An aggregate study and a double duration study are included.

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: This paper presents basic data with regard to the decennial United States life tables for 1969-71, analyzes the data in comparison to previous U.S. life tables and compares mortality between the U.S. and Canada, England, and Sweden. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol 28.

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 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