Description: The purpose of this statement is to describe principles and considerations regarding the provision made by insurance organizations relative to life actuarial risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: This abstract describes a presentation that provides an update on the education activities of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Panelists were members of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Education and Examination Committee, who discuss their proposal for several changes in the SOA's method of educating and qualifying actuaries. These proposed changes are collectively called Future Education Methods [FEM] and Flexible Education System [FES], and they are described in a White Paper on FEM which the Society has distributed to the membership. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: While we agree with the conclusions expressed by Silver and Hedges The Classical Definition of Compound Interest is Adequate by Murray Silver and Bob Hedges, ARCH 1981.2, we do not believe the theorem follows from the stated Axiom. We present an alternative proof which uses only the accumulation function and not the force of interest.

Description: Column highlighting education committee volunteers and the benefits of volunteering.

Description: Formal report of the Accreditation Implementation Task Force to the Board of Directors at its June 2005 meeting. This document contains general objectives of the task force, membership and structure information, and the group's strategic plan for implementing an accreditation program for actuarial science academic programs.

Description: This is a letter to Professor Ralph Garfield in response to his contribution to the 1978.1 issue of ARCH. It answered his question concerning the non-applicability of an identity.

Description: Discusses author's to Malaysia where he gave a lecture at University Science Malaysia and spoke at a seminar on actuarial education. Most of the discussion focuses on the seminar.