Description: This article is a book review of Life Insurance Company Investment Activities, Huebner Foundation Lectures, edited by J. David Cummins, and published for the S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education by Richard D. Irwin, Inc. The author notes it has been 25 years since a similar work was published by the Huebner Foundation, and that the new book does a good job of capturing the many changes that have occurred in that time. The article summarizes the book’s discussion of various topics, including investment strategy, types of investments, the impact of inflation, and investment regulation.

Description: Discussion of the Veterans Insurance Act of 1974

Description: This article is about the growth of health actuaries and new opportunities in light of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Balanced Budget Amendment of 1997.

Description: This article describes some implications of increasing government intervention in the industry, such as the potential to eliminate the industry's ability to classify risk due to anti-discrimination laws and pressure to expand social 'insurance' programs

Description: Article E&E Development by Lauer in The Actuary, September 1978, Volume 12, Number 7

Description: Article The Manhart Case by Webster, September 1978, Volume 12, Number 7

Description: Article Editorial Board Changes by Moorhead in The Actuary, April 1979, Volume 13, number 4

Description: Article Society Seminars by Adams in The Actuary, February 1979, Volume 13, Number 2

Description: The Committee on Economic Statistics of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries has recommended that the Institute sponsor an Economic Forecasting Board composed of actuaries and economists. Its role would be to develop formal projections of interest rates, inflation rates, productivity and wages. This article discusses the role of such a board, the purposes for the projections, and the potential roadblocks to accomplishing this.

Description: This article examines the current number of active life insurance companies existing in the United States and the possible consolidation of the industry. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 4