Description: In an article on the same subject, in the March 1976 issue of The Actuary, it was reported that the Sub-Committee on Notation of the International Actuarial Association had circulated a questionnaire among the various national organizations to sound out public opinion on the issue of linearization and expansion of the International Actuarial Notation. This article is an update on recent developments reflecting the Special Meeting on the International Actuarial Notation, held October 30, 1976 at the XX International Congress of Actuaries.

Description: This is a review of the book, 'From Actuarius to Actuary' by Robert B. Mitchell who was selected by The 25th Anniversary Committee of the Society of Actuaries to prepare a popular history of the actuarial profession. This volume should be read by actuaries. They will be charmed by its style and informed by its content.

Description: This philosophical rambling on pleasure concludes that some actuaries deserve the commendation of their colleagues for having added to “the public stock of harmless pleasures.”

Description: This 1976 article discusses the history and current developments with respect to the International Actuarial Notation, including reference to a paper on this topic in the December 1972 issue of The Actuary by John Boermeester.

Description: The author, a professor of biostatistics, argues that the use of the terms “rate” and “probability” by epidemiologists, demographers-and actuaries, are often used incorrectly.

Description: This is Article No. 2 in a series about a current reform proposal about actuarial notation reform. Current reform negotiations have their origins in a paper presented to the 1968 International Congress of Actuaries by Boehm and Reichel in collaboration with nine other German-speaking actuaries.

Description: This article reports the death of John Spencer Thompson, the oldest member of the Society in point of age, 95, and in length of membership as a Fellow, 71 years.

Description: This article is about a discussion at a 1919 joint meeting of the Actuarial Society and the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors on prohibition.

Description: A British actuary discusses the differences and similarities between the United States' and United Kingdom's insurance and employee benefits businesses, as well as differences in the actuarial profession.

Description: In this editorial, the author asserts that spring and summer are the times insurance companies should participate in the management process that reaffirms or revises their strategic plan. It is a time to reset one’s long-term aim.