Description: An article announces a contest for actuarial papers which are submitted by young actuaries.

Description: The International Accounting Standards Committee’s IASC mandate to produce internationally recognized standards for employee benefits gave the International Forum of Actuarial Organizations IFAA an early opportunity to show its importance in representing actuarial interests internationally.

Description: James Toole reviews Mike Cowell's book, Cyberbug. The story follows an imaginary actuary and his family into the 21st century and tells how the dramatic changes around them alter their lives.

Description: The Australian author finds a number of very interesting differences in the way in which the industry conducts its affairs and in the supervisory arrangements as between U.S.A. and Australia.

Description: This article contains a brief history of founding the association of actuaries in 1899 to the present day and also highlights the scope of actuarial activities and training of German actuaries.

Description: This article discusses the decision to have the International Actuarial Association and the International Forum of Actuarial Associations be administered by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries in Ottawa.

Description: This is an example of male life expectancy at age 65 from the United States.

Description: This article provides information on the upcoming 20th International Congress of Actuaries, to be held in Tokyo, Japan October 25 – November 1, 1976.

Description: “It is an irony of existing regulation that, if the life insurance industry in the United States were required to file financial statements according to the statutory rules of the United Kingdom, most companies would be insolvent and if the life insurance industry of the United Kingdom were required to file financial statements on the basis of statutory requirements in the United States, most companies also would be insolvent.”

Description: This is a report about inflation and index-linked securities in the United Kingdom.