Description: Comments on intriguing and amusing newspaper items which touch on technical fields.

Description: This article is about a proposed Amendment to the Society of Actuaries Constitution that will permit the Society to take a public position on the actuarial content of matters within the area of public interest.

Description: article about humorous actuarial stereotypes

Description: This is a discussion about agency matters such as: new agents, experienced agents, general agents and managers, agent survival rates, etc. Also discussed is the future of the Society of Actuaries with reference to its role in providing service to its members and to the public. From Transactions of 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 51.

Description: Arthur Pedoe Obituary: Summary of many essays Mr. Pedoe published on a variety of topics dealing with the actuarial profession

Description: This essay from the Actuary’s editor draws its title from the number of new fellows resulting from the November, 1976 examinations, and discusses the history and future of the actuarial profession.

Description: This is the presidential address by the outgoing President of the Society of Actuaries, Andrew C. Webster at the 1964 Annual Meeting. Mr. Webster speaks about the development of the actuarial profession including the attempt to create the Amercial Academy of Actuaries, expansion of actuarial education, and the need to use statistical methods.

Description: These are the reports of the following committees: the Committee to Study Pension Plan Problems, the Committee to Study Pension Accounting, the Educations and Examination Committee, the Committee on Professional Conduct, the Committee on Status and Accreditation and a report on 'The Actuary'. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No 53.

Description: The author provides an update on the Academy of Actuaries' unsuccessful attempts to obtain a Federal Charter and the partially successful attempts to get state recognition by way of licensing or a charter.