Description: This section presents book reviews and summaries of recent publications on a variety of topics.

Description: Industry briefings and SOA news

Description: Transcript of General Session 1:Implications of Longer Life Spans: What Does This All Mean to Us?

Description: Read the August 2017 issue of In The Public Interest published by the Social Insurance & Public Finance Section.

Description: Summarizes Actuarial Note No. 100, Actuarial Studies No. 80 and No. 81 - published in Feb. and April 1980.

Description: This discussion on Social Security examined questions related to the 1950 amendments including the effect on the beneficiary population, issues with including life insurance agents, and the affect on agent pension plans. Also, prospects for a disability program within Social Security, the impact of the proposed Canadian Old Age Pension program, and problems relative to the British Columbia hospitilization plan are discussed.

Description: This article from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20, identifies the participants and summarizes their comments. The discussion topics include proposed legislation to provide disability benefits under OASI, the proposal to lower the OASI retirement age for women from 65 to 62, the advantages and disadvantages of bringing the personnel of the U.S. armed forces under OASI, coverage of state and municipal employees, and developments in Canada.

Description: Transcript of the Q&A period from general session 2.

Description: A glossary of terms.

Description: Chapter 10 of the Models for Retirement Policy Analysis. This chapter describes the Macroeconomic-Demographic Model of the U.S. Retirement Income System used to investigate alternative approaches to investment of the OASDI trust funds.