Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. Presentation by a panel of historians on the aspirations of actuaries who established our profession in North America, or who helped to organize the four actuarial bodies formed in 1889, 1909, 1914 and 1916.

Description: Among actuarial newsletters these days, we have one that's new one that's using a computer, one that sports a new editor and one that has both a new editor and an increased issue frequency.

Description: This is a books review of 'Social Security,' Second Edition, 1981, by Robert J. Myers.

Description: Advocates promoting the savings aspects of cash value life insurance products.

Description: This is an editorial covering questions about life insurance.

Description: The Pacific Insurance Conference is an organization strongly supported by actuaries. At present all its officers are members of the Society in fact, of its 23 member Executive Committee, 12 are actuaries, 10 of these being members of the Society. The Conference exists for the purpose of helping to spread ideas about the conduct of life and health insurance through the countries in the Pacific Rim area. Its sixth biennial meeting was held this year at Hotel Mt. Fuji, Lake Yamanaka, 80 miles north of Tokyo. This event was attended by 143 delegates and 32 spouses of these, 26 delegates and 13 spouses were from U.S.A. and Canada.

Description: A committee chaired by former Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, has published its findings from a study on the functioning of British financial institutions and their value to the economy. This article reports on five of the report's topics that are of special interest to actuaries.

Description: The author, editor of the Actuary, presents a somewhat serious argument for Calendar Reform, specifically the use of the World Calendar, proposed some 50 years earlier to an international study group.

Description: Perhaps readers will send us additions to the following short list of events in the mathematical world associated with years ending in the digits 82. These are taken from IBM’s history chart, “Men of Modern Mathematics.”

Description: We believe that some actuaries who have neglected reading their mail will welcome a reminder on behalf of the Minority Recruiting Program.