Description: A comment letter to policymakers produced jointly by the SOA and AAA presents findings from their actuarial analysis of the proposed CLASS Act. The analysis indicates that the proposed structure and funding approaches will be unsustainable, and will cover only a very small proportion of the intended population. The opt-out and guaranteed issue provisions of the plan pose a risk that soon the program will either need increased premiums and/or significant reductions.

Description: A brief summary of the AAE and its activities

Description: In this article, outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Anna M. Rappaport, reviews the Society's accomplishments during the past year and describes its plans for the future.

Description: This article covers the results of the elections for the 2013 product development section council. In particular, it gives the background on the following individuals who were newly elected to a 3-year term on the council: Vera Ljucovic, Jim Filmore, and Joe Kordovi. It also gives the background on Dave Moran who was chosen by the council for a 1-year term to replace a council member that had to step down prior to completing their 3-year term.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Anna M. Rappaport.

Description: This article is about the 20th International Congress of Actuaries that will be held in Tokyo from October 25 to November 1, 1976. The Institute of Actuaries of Japan will be the host for the Congress. Information about submitting papers for this meeting is included in the article.

Description: This is a brief report on the trip that the author made with two other SOA members, Bruce Schobel and Jim Wiseman, to Almaty, Kazakhstan during the week of September 1, 2003. They were invited by the Actuarial Society of Kazakhstan [ASK] to conduct several seminars for their members and various government officials. The trip was financed by USAID through a grant to the Arizona-Kazakhstan Foundation. The topics of the seminars were pension/social security reform, role of the actuary in an economy, annuity pricing/ reserving and professionalism.

Description: This is an article by outgoing Society of Actuaries President, Bruce D. Schobel, reflecting on the Society's accomplishments over the past year and looking ahead at its future plans.

Description: An article on networking as a vital part of career management.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 6, that highlights since 1981, U.S. federal budget cutbacks have clamped down hard on the federal agencies that produce all kinds of statistics - demographic, economic and regulatory data. Actuaries, who use these federal statistics to develop mortality tables, to produce marketing studies, to examine economic trends, and to study health costs, should work with the federal agencies to restore this data.