Description: This is a book review of 'Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices' by Peter F. Drucker, considered by some to be the high priest of management. The book is divided into three parts- The Tasks, The Manager and Top Management. The last named contains much food for thought, not just for top management but for the underlayer as well. The first two parts reveal Drucker’s knowledge of and insight into what is good management and what is not. Repeatedly, he makes his point by citing real cases and describing real companies. His occasional comments on the life insurance industry are pointed. The book is also noteworthy for giving us another law to stand alongside those of Parkinson, Murphy and Peter- Drucker’s Law: 'If one thing goes wrong, everything else will, and at the same time.'

Description: The exhibit tracing actuarial history in Canada and the United States, from Benjamin Franklin to the computer age, was one of the highlights of the Society of Actuaries' Annual Meeting, in New Orleans, October 28 through 30.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 8, Number 7 - September 1974

Description: A summary of the first public conference of the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities, held in Quebec, June 11-12, 1975. The Association is composed of representatives of government bodies which administer legislation governing private pension plans in Canada.

Description: Covers mortality experience under Canadian individual payout annuities and certain deferred annuities which have no cash value or no right to change the policy.

Description: This second study of intercompany mortality experience under structured settlement annuities examines experience through calendar year 1993.

Description: This annual survey of long-term lapsation prepared by the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association examines the experience of ordinary insurance in Canada between 1993 and 1994 policy anniversaries.

Description: This research report examines the ban of the use of genetic testing information in life insurance mortality.

Description: A highlight report on Financial Priorities stemming from a study on the financial perspectives of aging and retirement of Americans across five generations.

Description: The SOA is pleased to make available a series of reports highlighting the SOA's extensive boy of research on post-retirement risks and issues.