Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 is an extract from a recently discovered Dead Sea Scroll regarding language to be included in a prospectus to provide potential investors with an adequate basis for judging the offering.

Description: The paper demonstrates that the most popular rationalization for evolving glide paths is flawed and should be discarded. The paper also demonstrates that glide paths should generally evolve for investors that endeavor to optimize outcomes and reevaluate their portfolios regularly.

Description: An overview of the SOA annual meeting session 154 panel discussion: the coming retirement financial crisis and how actuaries will be part of the solution.

Description: Measurement of the Volatility Risk of Traditional Actuarial Risks for use in pricing and reserving

Description: The article discusses C1 risks in five areas: 1 the economics of risk, 2 portfolio optimization, 3 policy, 4 risk interaction and 5 institutional aspects of C1 risk.

Description: Discussion of the movement toward principle-based reserves for LTC insurance.

Description: background history of the insurance industry and the role of actuaries within it, followed by the current environment and anticipated future environment.

Description: This dialogue discusses the history and purpose of section 811(a) and its historic role in the computation of life insurance company taxable income and, in particular, reserves.

Description: Read the February 2017 issue of Risks and Rewards published by the Investment Section.

Description: Most reasonable risk mitigation strategies provide benefit in some circumstances, but come at a cost that adversely affects results in other scenarios. A research paper by the authors considers the view of multiple stakeholders to answer this question, resulting in a process they call Trifurcation.