Description: Brief review of the monograph written on tontines. Outlines support for the monograph's reading and value to the actuarial profession.

Description: Review of the fifth and final report in the 1960 Census Monograph Series created by the Social Science Research Council. Makes a compelling case for the monograph providing a good historical and statistical analysis of the changing U.S. population and demographics.

Description: APL is both a unique form of mathematical notation and a programming language. As a notation it has intrinsic appeal and gives rise to many elegant and ingenious definitions of mathematical concepts. As a programming Language, or system, it also provides the user with instant evaluation of these concepts. The combination is extremely powerful, and some interesting applications may be demonstrated with respect to annuities.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 7, Number 9 - November 1973

Description: Full version of The Actuary Volume 7, Number 7 - September 1973

Description: This is a collection of letters published in The Actuary, Vol 8 - Issue 10 December 1974.

Description: This article covers the presentation given by Mr. Gerald Hutchinson of the Social Security Administration to the Baltimore Actuaries Club recently on the subject of surnames. A surname has six or few letters.

Description: This is a book review of 'Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices' by Peter F. Drucker, considered by some to be the high priest of management. The book is divided into three parts- The Tasks, The Manager and Top Management. The last named contains much food for thought, not just for top management but for the underlayer as well. The first two parts reveal Drucker’s knowledge of and insight into what is good management and what is not. Repeatedly, he makes his point by citing real cases and describing real companies. His occasional comments on the life insurance industry are pointed. The book is also noteworthy for giving us another law to stand alongside those of Parkinson, Murphy and Peter- Drucker’s Law: 'If one thing goes wrong, everything else will, and at the same time.'

Description: The exhibit tracing actuarial history in Canada and the United States, from Benjamin Franklin to the computer age, was one of the highlights of the Society of Actuaries' Annual Meeting, in New Orleans, October 28 through 30.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 8, Number 7 - September 1974