Description: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1992: 1. 'Broken Promises: The Inside Story of the Failure of Executive Life' by Vic Modugno, 2. 'Within the System: My Half Century in Social Security' by Robert J. Myers, 3. 'Insurance Risk Models' by Harry H. Panjer and Godon E. Willmot, and 4. 'Social Security: What Every Taxypayer Should Know' by A. Haeworth Robertson. Notices of Social Security notes and studies are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1992, Vol. 44.

Description: This discussion on Social Security examined questions related to the 1950 amendments including the effect on the beneficiary population, issues with including life insurance agents, and the affect on agent pension plans. Also, prospects for a disability program within Social Security, the impact of the proposed Canadian Old Age Pension program, and problems relative to the British Columbia hospitilization plan are discussed.

Description: This paper presents an analysis of whether workers get their 'money's worth' from the taxes they pay under the U.S. Social Security program. The cash retirement benefits for various cases of workers who have attained age 65 in different years and at different earnings levels is explored. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983, Vol. 35.

Description: The paper reviews the demographic shifts, including improved life expectancy and the baby-boom/baby-bust cycle, of the past half-century and discusses their impact on the funding of pay-as-you-go paygo social security systems. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: This paper discusses decoupling of social security - meaning that the coupling of actual benefits for those already beneficiaries and potential benefits for future beneficiaries be broken. The purposes are to describe the environment, the problem which decoupling addresses and the importance of a rational solution. The paper discusses the wage-indexing approach and the price-indexing approach. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: This paper presents a procedure for analyzing the factors that affect federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance costs in the U.S. This procedure shows that the tripling of the program costs during the last 30 years resulted from increases in the number of beneficiaries as opposed to increases in the number of covered workers. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1986, Vol. 38.

Description: The social security payroll tax frequently is attacked as being too burdensome for the lower-paid worker. A possible solution to this problem would permit workers to contract out of a portion of their tax in exchange for a reduced benefit at retirement. This system is used in the United Kingdom. This paper explores some of the implications of such a system for the United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: This discussion reviewed Social Insurance and the developments made in Congress during 1949, social security legislation in Canada and the experience to date with the National Health Services Act is examined. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This paper presents and analyzes data on disability and disability termination rates from group waiver of premium, group disability income, individual loss-of-time business and the OASDI system. The paper also presents the differences in disability termination rates between male and female and the possible causes. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This paper discusses social insurance supplement - SIS insurance which is a disability income policy rider that pays an additional benefit on disability if the insured is not receiving benefits from a social program. It provides one possible framework for the actuarial structure of the product. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.