Description: In session 10PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss current pensioner mortality information as well as projected trends. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: The Society of Actuaries to fund a research proposal to investigate risk adjusters.

Description: Papers: Rotation of the Age Pattern of Mortality Improvements in European Union Member States – Peter Vekas Corvinus University of Budapest Short and Long Term Dynamics of Cause-specific Mortality Rates Using the Cointegration Analysis – Severine Arnold, Ph.D.; Viktoriya Glushko – University of Lausanne

Description: As health care changes, actuaries need to be able to understand developments and work with users of health plan information. Actuaries also must be a credible source of data. This article describes the efforts of the Society of Actuaries Task Force on Alternative Care to determine the effectiveness of alternative or integrative medicine, including nontraditional techniques such as chiropractic, acupuncture, massage therapy, and nutritional counseling.

Description: Discussion of current goals and challenges for the Taxation Section.

Description: Panelelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discuss a range of issues related to the Health Plan Employer Effectiveness Data Information Set [HEDIS] including benefit choices and performance measures.

Description: This presentation presents the Gamma-Exponential mix model.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, April 2000, Issue No. 15.

Description: Presented for discussion are two research reports: Public Employee Retirement Plans Research: Experience Studies, Valuation Reports and Unfunded Liabilities, and Pension Plan Termination in Ontario since 1988. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.