Description: In early 1989, the Society of Actuaries appointed a Task Force on Strengthening Relationships Between Universities and the Actuarial Profession. The charge of the Task Force was to explore the relationships between the actuarial profession and universities in the United States and Canada and recommend how they can be strengthened to the benefit of both the actuarial profession and the universities. This article summarizes the Task Force's recommendations that were approved by the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991 Vol. 1.

Description: This article describes the primary goal of the Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH], its editorial policy and the procedure for submitting manuscripts. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: This is a listing of the participants attending the 26th Actuarial Research Conference held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champalgn on August 8-10, 1991. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: In this paper we will describe how richer actuarial programs can be provided if a number of schools with smaller programs combine resources by forming a regional cooperative or consortium. We have already formed our own consortium, the Southwest Actuarial Education and Research Consortium SWAERC. The strategies proposed here have already been used in SWAERC, and we will illustrate each of them by describing our own experience with it.

Description: This is the agenda for the 32nd Annual Actuarial Research Conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 6-8, 1997.

Description: The article announces that the first David Garrick Halmstad prize has been awarded to Dr. Phelim P. Boyle for his 1978 paper in the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, 'Immunization Under Stochastic Models of the Term Structure.' The article also describes the history of this award. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1980, Vol. 1.

Description: This 1991 article provides general information about the Actuarial Faculty Forum. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: This article is a brief summary of the 1983 Actuarial Research Conference held September 29 - October 1, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The topic was Population Projections: Techniques and Implications. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1984, Vol. 1.

Description: This foreword announces that this will be the last printed issue of Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH]. To keep pace with technological change, ARCH now enters its next stage of evolution. Beginning with the 2001.1 issue, ARCH will be available electronically on the Society of Actuaries' web site www.soa.org. No printed accumulation of these articles will be available in book form.

Description: This is the Preface for Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1. It summarizes the 25th Actuarial Research Conference held in honor of John A. Mereu at the University of Western Ontario on August 23-25, 1990. At that conference, 40 presentations were made, some jointly written, and 56 participants attended the conference. The conference contributions which were submitted in written form are published in this volume.