Description: This paper discusses the rectangulatization of the survivorship curve and some related puzzling deviations between expectations and observations. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, VOL. 2.

Description: A report on the Panamerican Congress of Actuaries in Bogota, Colombia in the fall of 1999. This is a forum for actuaries from Latin America. The topic of the conference was Social Security Reform in Latin America

Description: List of References. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population, M-RS99-2.

Description: RBC Developments Include New C-3 Approach by Bob Brown from The Financial Reporter, February 2000, Issue No. 41.

Description: This paper reviews the recently published Canadian literature on changing Canadian demographic profiles and highlights the actuarial aspects of the information provided therein. Discussions of this paper are included.

Description: This paper explores a range of public policy issues stemming from proposals to introduce some form of defined contribution system into Social Security in the U. S. and Canada. From In Defense of Pay-as-You-Go Paygo Financing of Social Security, M-RS99-1.

Description: Abstract, Copyright, and Title Page. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population: Abstract, M-RS99-2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the efforts in the SOA basic education system to redesign the examination process and the status of the redesign. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: Two different types of fertility are examined in this paper using the quinquennial age-specific fertility rates for years 1926-1989. The two types studied are: the total fertility rate and the generational fertility rate. The authors concluded that it is hard to predict the future trend of fertility rates using either of the ways of grouping the data. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993, VOL. 2.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, April 2000, Issue No. 37.