Description: This 1997 presentation from the 32nd Actuarial Research Conference provides background on the work of the Society of Actuaries' Research Effectiveness Task Force [RETF] and presents the current status of that work in order to set the stage for breakout sessions during which Conference attendees have an opportunity to provide input to the SOA research effectiveness review.

Description: This is the agenda for the 33rd Annual Actuarial Research Conference held at Georgia State University, August 6-8, 1998.

Description: Actuarial science is at a cross roads. Many are urging that our highly successful examination process be partially abandoned in favour of accepting university courses in a number of basic subjects. This drive is based in part on the difficulties in supporting the present system, the experience elsewhere and a misplaced confidence in the quality of the university system. This paper explores where the university system is and where it needs to go in order to adequately serve the interests of the actuarial community.

Description: These are the meeting minutes from the Eastern Spring Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA on April 10-11, 1958.

Description: This section contains book reviews and summarizes recent publications: 'Rights of Creditors in Life Insurance Policies' by Schwarzschild, 'Savings Bank Life Insurance' by Johnson, 'Transferability of Public Employee Retirement Credits among Units of Government' by Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 'State and Private Pension Schemes in the European Economic Community and the United Kingdom' by Ratcliff, 'Surplus in British Life Assurance' by Cox and Storr-Best, 'Psychiatric Insurance - Financing Short-Term Ambulatory Treatment' by Avnet. Some digests are also included.

Description: From the 1986 Transactions Vol. 38, this document is the minutes of the Regional Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held in Kansas City June 12-13, 1986.

Description: This table of contents from the Record Vol. 17, No. 3B, is a partial listing of sessions form the Colorado Springs Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5, 1991. The rest of the sessions are in the Record Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This is the Table of Contents from the Vancouver Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, June 26-28, 1995. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 21, Number 3b.

Description: This presentation, session number 83CS at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 16-18 in Seattle, is a preview of an actual Course 7. The presenters, two experienced researchers, lead the discussion and a demonstration of a case study from the modeling Course 7. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.