Description: This paper explores how change in societal forces can affect the systems for providing security including private pensions, social security, life insurance and health insurance. The societal forces examined are changes in family, role of women, inflation and the age composition of population. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This paper seeks to establish statistical answers to questions regarding actuarial students, the exams process and the path to an actuarial profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, Pt. 1, No. 44 AB.

Description: This paper develops a family of accrued benefit actuarial cost methods which permits the purchase of retirement income at either an accelerating or decelerating rate. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19, Pt. 1, No. 54.

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: 1980 SOA Annual Meeting. This is the 1980 presidential address given by Julius Vogel. He discussed current actuarial issues. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: This paper presents a surplus-ratio goal that is appropriate for group accident and health insurance and discusses growth, the sources of gains and losses, ways to improve operating gain and tracking results against expectations. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: These are three papers- - Government Pension Plans in Canada - This paper reviews the initial Act from 1952 which was a flat benefit plan and the impending changes to the program to incorporate a contributory earnings-related pension plan. - Current Status of Medicare Proposals - This report provides an update of the dozens of bills pending on the issue. - Relationship of Actuaries and Certified Public Accountants - This paper presents the issues facing insurance companies and accountants where their accounting practices are at variance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, No. 45.

Description: This is a panel discussion on the mortality of smokers and nonsmokers. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2

Description: This paper suggests the reasons why an actuary should play a role in the over-all investment policy of a 'new' company, defined as less than 5 years old, and what some of those duties should be. The paper gives an overview of the types of investments available to an insurance company and the considerations for each relative to a new company.

Description: 1956 Transactions of the SOA, Volume 8. This is a listing of names of those serving as Officers and members of the Board of Governors for Society of Actuaries.