Description: This discussion reviews recent developments in connection with the 1958 CSO Table and looks at the latest developments with respect to high cash value minimum deposit plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This paper examines the effects of selection procedures used in epidemiologic studies and suggests that similar procedures could be employed to select standard ordinary insurance risks at the older ages. The experience in this paper was developed from a prospective epidemiologic investigation launched by the American Cancer Society in the fall of 1959 to learn how personal characteristics, living styles, and environmental conditions influence health and longevity.

Description: The purpose of the present paper is to propose a family of sex-year-of-birth tables which may be used in place of The Annuity Table for 1940 with Projection. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: The increasing complexity of our environment and the interdependence of technical skills make it necessary for actuaries to keep up with the rapid expansion of knowledge not only in insurance, pensions and related fields, but also in many other disciplines, such as the theory and practice of investing. This editorial points out that the obvious path to versatility is in continuing education. While the Society of Actuaries education and examination program must adapt to meet these new demands, continuing education will not thrive where new information and new ideas are regarded as impractical or theoretical.

Description: This 1978 SOA session presented some provisional findings of the new Build and Blood Pressure Study. Some of the findings: 1. The average weights of men in the new study exceed the corresponding weights in the previous 1959 study by 2 to 8 pounds in the thirties, and by up to 5 pounds in the fifties. 2. The mortality ratios of overweight men are not significantly different in the new study from those in the 1959 study. 3. Markedly overweight men experienced lower mortality in the current study than in the 1959 study. 4. Men weighing 20 percent below average recorded 10 to 15 percent higher mortality in the new study than in the 1959 study. 5. Mortality of overweight women is relatively lower than that of overweight men. 6. Mortality of men with elevated systolic and diastolic pressures was appreciably lower than in the 1959 study. 7. Mortality of women with moderately elevated systolic and diastolic pressures was not significantly different from that in the 1959 study. 8. The presence of minor impairments alongside of blood pressures in excess of 150/90 usually produced significant increases in mortality.

Description: This is a book review of 'Aspects of Undergraduate Training in the Mathematical Sciences' Vol. I, 1967, by J. Jewett and C. B. Lindquist. This volume should be of interest to all engaged in recruiting and in actuarial education.

Description: This discussion looks at The Build and Blood Pressure Study and the effect build and blood pressure have on mortality. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This is a discussion about underwriting standards for life and health insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion examines the following questions: Do current immediate annuity rates reflect present conditions as to mortality, interest, and expense? To what extent do statutory reserves that exceed gross premiums less expenses represent a serious problem? What is being done in the way of using generation type annuity rates for settlement options?

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings discusses marketing issues for life companies including concerns over abandoning the small face amount market and the shift to term insurance from permanent.