Description: This is the speech given by Kenneth W. Stewart, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, to the 25th Annual Actuarial Research Conference. The speech focuses on the following global trends: 1. Population aging, 2. The spread of affluence, 3. The rise of technology, 4. Global competition, and, 5. The fungibility factor, e.g., in our brave new future world, a Scottish customer will go to his local bank branch to buy life insurance from his German insurer. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: This article describes the primary goal of the Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH], its editorial policy and the proicedure for submitting manuscripts. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991 Vol. 2.

Description: This paper is a proof of a conjecture that appeared in a letter to the Editor of The Actuary. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991 Vol.

Description: This is a proof on Lidstone's theorem. It contains formulas for calculating policy dividends.

Description: This note is labeled actuarial because it deals extensively with the force of interest, a concept which is characteristically of concern to the actuarial community. The authors’ personal point of view is that we should modify the basic definition of the compound interest.

Description: Editors' comments regarding the editorial policy of the ARCH which is an informal communication platform regarding current actuarial research which the Committee for Research on Theory and Applications of the Society of Actuaries offers to members and friends of the actuarial community. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol.1.

Description: This article summarizes a proposal which combines two independent but complimentary ideas regarding loans for post-secondary education in the U.S.: 1. Individuals repay the loans by committing a percentage of their future income for twenty-five years [but not beyond age 65] rather than by a fixed dollar amount, and 2. A portion of the 5ocial 5ecurity [OASDI] Trust Funds be used as initial capital to finance those loans. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 1.

Description: This article comments on the editorial policies of the Actuarial Research Clearing House publication. ARCH 1993 Vol 2

Description: The paper presents arguments to show that a fully funded social security scheme is no more secure economically than a pay as you go scheme....that is, for real retirement income security the funding mechanism is irrelevant. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, January 1996, VOL. 1.

Description: This article comments on the editorial policies of the Actuarial Research Clearing House publication. ARCH 1998 Vol 2