Description: Since 1966, the Society of Actuaries has been an affiliate of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. This article gives an overview of what the Conference Board is, what it does.

Description: Acknowledgments, Copyright, and Title Page. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis: Acknowledgments, M-HB97-1.

Description: The article announces the 2011 Actuarial Research Conference and discusses the themes of the upcoming conference.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the purpose of the IME and announces the next location.

Description: Over the last two decades, three versions of the Valuation Basic Tables were developed. In this article, two key participants share their experience.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June, 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 6, that discusses the non-routine business of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee from November 1982 to March 1983.

Description: The author has been gathering facts about actuaries who were active in North America before the Actuarial Society of America was founded in 1889. The purpose of this exercise is to compile a definitive history of the North American actuarial profession in time for the Society of Actuaries centennial year, 1989. Furthermore, the author encourages all Society members to take a personal interest in the history project, both for the pleasure it offers and because of its bearing upon observance of the fundamental values that justify actuaries in calling theirs a profession.

Description: How does the founding in 1889 of North America's first actuarial organization fit into world actuarial history? This article gives a partial listing of non-North American actuarial organizations and their founding dates.

Description: A discussion of some ways the Society of Actuaries is promoting actuarial education across Asia

Description: In this article, the Editor previews the contents of this issue.