Description: This article examines the impact of a changing smoking rate on population-level mortality improvement and the importance of taking this driver into account.

Description: The most recent demographic data published in Mexico allows us to analyse in detail the profound demographic transition that has been taking place in the country for more than four decades. It is possible to develop forecasts for the future on the basis of this historic experience. The purpose of this article is not only to illustrate the profound demographic change in Mexico – and what it is expected to experience over the coming decades – but to highlight the challenges for the insurance industry posed by the various demographic trends. Wherever challenges are found, however, opportunities also exist, provided the industry succeeds in adequately transforming its own processes and meeting the needs of a changing market.

Description: Discusses the content of the 1970 Census of the United States, which will soon be available

Description: Article on fertility projections for Social Insurance Symposium that was presented at the SOA Annual Meeting.

Description: The article is based on a range of industry insights, and provides readers with a broad overview of the emerging markets, industry trends, and challenges.

Description: Book review on Standards for Discussion and Presentation of Errors in Survey and Census Data by the American Statistical Association, Washington, D.C., 1975. The material will be of interest to actuaries and of help in preparing their own study reports. The guidelines discuss some relatively simple means of presenting error estimates for published data.

Description: This article is a review and analysis of “Mankind at the Turning Point: the Second Report to the Club of Rome,” by Mihajlo Mesarovi and Eduard Pestel, published in 1974. The author notes that this work was initiated by the Club of Rome with the specific objective of meeting the more serious criticisms leveled at the original study, the Forrester-Meadows Limits to Growth report. The article discusses world growth and population, and the conclusions reached by the authors of the report.

Description: This paper presents how to compute how fast a country is growing. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991 VOL.2.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 6 provides a book review of The Methods and Materials of Demography published by the Bureau of Census.

Description: This article provides a reasonable historical perspective of a priori established population projections.