Description: This article lists and describes the year 2000 scenario developed from the Delphi survey of Futurism Section members. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 2

Description: Essay recommending establishing a consistent and actuarially sound foundation for assessing the costs and benefits of each and every current and new Medicare or other healthcare proposal.

Description: Feature article from the January 2010 issue of In The Public Interest discussing problems with funding of public programs.

Description: This is an article about the 1981 Annual Meeting. Gone are the time-honored Concurrent Sessions and Discussion Forums. After reflecting on evaluation form comments and other evidence, the Program Committee will unveil at Atlanta two brand new formats.

Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, November 2004, Issue No. 23.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers various measures of profitability by line of business, analysis of earnings and techniques to measure the surplus needed to support a line or product. From Record of Society Of Actuaries Vol. 9. No. 3

Description: This paper sets the task of pricing insurance products in the larger framework of company planning and management. A generalized description of the pricing function, applicable to any insurance company project.

Description: Feature article from the January 2010 issue of In The Public Interest discussing the need for actuarial leadership in the reform of the U.S. health care system.

Description: An Editorial which encourages taking planned, calculated risks for the long term success of the actuarial profession.

Description: In this “nontraditional” general session from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto, the panelists, a “judge,” a “defendant,” and a “prosecutor” present a humorous “trial” to explore what the boundaries of “traditional” actuarial work are. A theme of the session is that some of what we call “nontraditional” is an expansion of traditional actuarial work, and that we owe it to our public to broaden our horizons. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.