Description: This is a discussion about group annuity contracts issued for a very small number of lives and how it affected new sales of individual pension-trust policies.

Description: It is the purpose of this paper to fill in this gap in connection with the methods developed for analyzing the costs of one of the largest pension plans in the country Railroad Retirement program. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This discussion looks at the projection factors set forth in the Jenkins-Lew paper and the implications with respect to individual annuities, life income settlement options and group annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: This is a discussion on valuation and examines small company reserves and methods used in valuing disability, double indemnity, family income and other benefits in determining the reserve released by voluntary terminations. From Transaction of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Actuarial Aspects of the Railroad Retirement System by Joseph Musher. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: This discussion explores what actuaries can do to keep informed with respect to social insurance developments and looks at what the SOA can do to be of greater usefulness to younger members.

Description: This paper focuses on the Social Security Act. The paper first presents a brief history of the old-age and survivors insurance system and the public assistance program. The provisions of the amended act are compared to the previous version. Actuarial cost estimates underlying the insurance program are given with implications of the financing basis of the program.

Description: This discussion looks at the problems considered in drafting war-aviation clauses, plans for mitigating catastrophe hazard with respect to policyholders in the event of a major war, and steps which may be taken to minimize war disruptions of life insurance home office operations.

Description: This report is supplementary to the corresponding reports which have been made by the Committee on Aviation of The Actuarial Society of America. This report contains the mortality experience from 27 companies on certain classes of pilots for issues since January 1, 1946. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the status of pensions today in this country, with a few backward glances on how we got here and a little contemplation of whither we may go perhaps, willy-nilly. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.