Description: This article describes the primary goal of the Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH], its editorial policy and the procedure for submitting manuscripts. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: This is a listing of the participants attending the 26th Actuarial Research Conference held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champalgn on August 8-10, 1991. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: This paper addresses the success stories about how continuous process improvement programs and the use of statistical methods have cut costs in companies while improving the quality of products. Suggestions regarding implementation are presented. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1993, VOL. 1.

Description: This 1994 paper describes proposed changes in the SOA exam structure and provides arguments in support of the proposal. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1994, VOL. 1.

Description: This is a presentation of the restructuring of the SoA Research Department. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1995 VOL. 1.

Description: In this paper we will describe how richer actuarial programs can be provided if a number of schools with smaller programs combine resources by forming a regional cooperative or consortium. We have already formed our own consortium, the Southwest Actuarial Education and Research Consortium SWAERC. The strategies proposed here have already been used in SWAERC, and we will illustrate each of them by describing our own experience with it.

Description: This study examines the relationship between the administrator of a pension plan [the principal] and the actuary [the agent]. The objective is to design a contract for both the plan administrator and the actuary so that the actuary provides the appropriate level of information to the plan administrator. The study uses a simple model- one principal [the pension fund administrator] and one agent [the actuary] in a one-period model. In standard principal-agent models, working harder means higher productive output. In this model, it means more accurate information. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1999 Vol. 1.

Description: The article announces that the first David Garrick Halmstad prize has been awarded to Dr. Phelim P. Boyle for his 1978 paper in the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, 'Immunization Under Stochastic Models of the Term Structure.' The article also describes the history of this award. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1980, Vol. 1.

Description: The Actuarial Education and Research Fund AERF is a not for profit corporation organized under the applicable law of the State of Illinois in 1976. This paper focuses on the maturing of AERF as well as its creation and implementation by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Professional Development.

Description: This paper describes the nature of a multimedia computer-based colloquium and demonstrates how the technology can be used within an actuarial science instruction setting and describes the steps taken to ease the transition into this environment. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992 Vol. 1 .