Description: Shows the average historical and estimated annual mortality improvement by age grouping for the three countries, both in terms of long averages and the ultimate level assumed.

Description: This graph indicates the overall historical trend in life expectancy by gender at birth.

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

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 article is a continuance of a series on Canadian federal government statistical agencies. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 4