Description: This article reviews environmental issues as discussed in The Doomsday Book by Thames and Hudson, London. From The Actuary, May 1971, Vol. 5, No. 5.

Description: This discussion looks at the future of the actuarial profession. Specifically, the number of students employed and successful means of recruiting. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 11.

Description: This is a book review of 'The Biological Time-Bomb' by Gordon R. Taylor. The explosion inferred in the book's title is that of our advance in biological knowledge - man’s probe into nature: the origin of life, the deferment of death, tinkering with heredity, the transplantation of organs, etc.

Description: This discussion presents the following questions: Have any simplified approaches in measuring and controlling expenses of life insurance companies proved practical? What are the current trends in expense rates? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This article describes quotes from the Bible that relate to the length of life and compares them to modern life expectancy statistics.

Description: This report was prepared in response to a request by the Task Force on Life Insurance Cost Comparisons of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Institute of Life Insurance was requested to deal with The nature of the whole life contract, taking into consideration the assumption that it may be separated into protection and savings elements ....

Description: Article discusses the how the older population has been treated throughout history with low regard and often as a burden on society.

Description: This presentation is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. The speakers discuss per policy expenses. Topics include identification of expenses directly dependent on number of policies, impact on determining premium rates and dividend scales, use of policy fees, interaction with other assumptions, and methods in the U.S., Canada, and other countries to grade premiums by policy size.

Description: This section contains book reviews on profit sharing, life insurance, genetic risks and a select current bibliography. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt. 1, No. 75 AB.

Description: This report is a brief summary of a symposium held in Sweden in March 1972, initiated and sponsored by the Swedish insurance companies which discusses the side effects of the development of modern chemical industry and the exposure of living organisms to a variety of chemicals in the environment. The danger of the long term effects on health are addressed.