Description: Earlier this year the CAS Constitution was amended to reflect a revised statement of purpose. It reads: The purpose of the Casualty Actuarial Society is to advance the body of knowledge of actuarial science in applications other than life insurance, to establish and maintain standards of qualifications for membership, to promote and maintain high standards of conduct and competence for the members, and to increase the awareness of actuarial science.

Description: Article highlights New Zealand actuaries and the North American perspective

Description: This article gives a brief history of the insurance industry in Switzerland and then describes the actuarial profession there today and tomorrow.

Description: This section contains the business meeting minutes from the four regional meetings held in 1977.

Description: Sir Derek Morris carried out a review of the actuarial profession in the United Kingdom at the request of the UK government and reported in March 2005. This article starts with a reprint of an article originally published in The Actuary about the conclusions of the Morris report and continues with an update on what has happened over the 5 years since Morris reported.

Description: Introduces the public relations committee and its goal of promoting interest in the actuarial profession among students and for improving public awareness and understanding of the profession.

Description: This article is about a consumer education program sponsored by the Society of Actuaries Foundation, “On the edge of change: Putting Social Security back in balance” and plans for a similar project dealing with Medicare in the future.

Description: Article Pacific Insurance Conference BANFF 1979 by McCracken in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10

Description: This is a panel discussion about the future of the actuarial profession as it appears to the younger actuaries. Also discussed is the changing nature of the insurance and pension industry and what the Society of Actuaries is doing to adapt, From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 52.

Description: A summary of the October 31 meeting of the Board of Governors, where topics included education and examination requirements, SOA organization, pension terminology, publications, didivend philosophy, subcommittee operations, financial statement certifications, the Executive Director position, and consolidation of North American actuarial organizations.