Description: The author gives a history of the role of the actuary in England from the mid-19th century to current times and offers thoughts on the future of the actuarial profession.

Description: This article describes the program at the new College of Insurance in New York.

Description: Practitioners in the pension field have come to recognize that there are four broad sub-specialties: small plans also known as tax-shelters, larger corporate plans, governmental plans, and Taft-Hartley jointly trusteed programs. Knowledge and even expertise in one specialty is not necessarily transferable to the others.

Description: This is a table from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled A Strategic Analysis of the US Life Insurance Industry Part II: Products.

Description: This article discusses the risks of retirement and how those risks impact attaining a secure retirement in a defined contribution world.

Description: This article discusses why middle-market consumers don’t seek much-needed financial advice from professional financial advisors.

Description: The 1977 Amendments to the Social Security Act provided for a one-time National Commission on Social Security with broad mandate to study the OASDI and Medicare programs. The author discusses the substantial proposals put forth by the Commission in its report released in January 1981, which would affect both OASDI and Medicare.

Description: This article by the Society of Actuaries Treasurer provides a financial summary of the SOA for 1980-1981, and the financial outlook for 1981-1982.

Description: Name correction to previous article November 1981 The Actuary

Description: This is an article on statutory maximum valuation interest rates, the second of three articles outlining the new Model Valuation and Nonforfeiture Laws.