Description: This paper describes the development and construction of persistency tables for use by the actuary in valuing future expenses and in various types of forecasting. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This paper presents a brief biography for the various authors whose papers were published within Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1988, Vol. 40, Pt. 2. Authors included are : E. Paul Barnhart, David Becker, James Broffitt, Donald Cody, Christian DesRochers, Mark Evans, Edward Frees, Charles Fuhrer, Thomas Herzog, Merlin Jetton, Rama Kocherlakota, Louis Lombardi, Robert Myers, Harry Panjer, E.S. Rosenbloom, Richard Schreitmueller, Elias Shiu, Robert Stein, Joseph Tan, Naftali Teitelbaum

Description: This paper provides a summary of the Retirement Annuities Act of the Government of Alberta which came into force on July I, 1951. Two main purposes are served by the Act. The means are provided by which any Canadian citizen who has been resident in the Province of Alberta for the past three years may purchase a retirement income on very attractive terms. Further, the funds received under the Act will be loaned to municipalities for local improvements, at lower rates of interest than could be obtained on their own security. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This paper discusses mortality classes, the homogeneity or lack of homogeneity of the mortality classes and the rates of deterioration of the classes. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This discussion on ordinary insurance looks at important considerations in the development of benefit structures, premium levels, reserve issues and notifying policyholders of their rights at the option dates. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This paper presents a complete historical account of the founding of the Society of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actauries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This report covers the past year's aviation statistics and data for earlier periods for death rates for different classes of pilots and others.

Description: This is a digest of reports on topics of current interest including: 1. Future Outlook Study, 2. Mortality Investigation on Individual Lives, and 3. Legislative Matters of Interest to Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 56.

Description: This investigation specifically covers the mortality for immediate single-life annuities issued in the United States and Canada during the years 1931-1947 inclusive and observed between 1946 and 1948 contract anniversaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This paper discusses social insurance supplement - SIS insurance which is a disability income policy rider that pays an additional benefit on disability if the insured is not receiving benefits from a social program. It provides one possible framework for the actuarial structure of the product. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.