Description: This section presents book reviews and summarizes recent publications: 'Measurement of Mortality' by Gershenson, 'Decision and Influence Processes in Private Pension Plans' by McNulty, Jr., 'Economic Assumptions Underlying the Medium-Range Projections of the Federal OASDI Trust Funds' by Lukaczer, 'Eighth Actuarial Valuation of the Assets and Liabilities under the Railroad Retirement Act as of 12/31/1959' by Railroad Retirement Board, 'Life Insurance' 9th edition by Maclean, 'Evaluation of a Single Visit Cardiovascular Examination' by US National Health Survey, 'Guide to Health Insurance Underwriting' by Tilton and Yochem, 'Duration of Limitation of Activity Due to Chronic Conditions, US, July 1959 - June 1969' by US National Health Survey.

Description: Report presenting results of tabulations from the 1985 National Nursing Home Survey estimating nursing home utilization data.

Description: 1959 SOA Regional Meetings in Atlanta and San Francisco. These discussions on pensions examined the advantages of funding deferred profit sharing plans through a life insurance company and the problems involved in final average retirement plans.

Description: This discussion focuses on looking at the growth of and improvements in Voluntary Plans. As well as efforts being made to publicize the availability of voluntary plans, problems involved in the different approaches to coverage and federal proposals. From the Transaction of the SOA, Vol. 2 No. 4

Description: Many insurance companies operate within a multiline distribution system, either marketing a number of insurance and equity products through the same marketing system or sharing a marketing system with an affiliated company.

Description: Discussion of the diversification activities of a number of life insurance companies. This includes the formation of, or acquisition of, property and casualty insurers, variable annuity companies, mutual fund management companies, banks, finance companies, leasing companies, real estate development companies, televisions and radio stations, newspapers, software consultants and other corporate enterprises. Discussion includes: 1. Activities really compatible with the llfe insurance product. 2. Activities otherwise compatible with corporate objectives or offering potentially large profit centers. 3. Activities which can be an excessive drain on corporate earnings and executive manpower 4. The actuary's role in these diversification activities. Then the discussion goes into a discussion of corporate planning models

Description: This section presents a review on "Man and His Years" by Health Publications Institute, as well as a summarization of recent publications. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This is a listing of the Society of Actuaries staff and Committee members. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1993-94 Reports.

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: This article contains a review of the book 'Fundamentals of Private Pensions' by Dan M. McGill, published in 1984. Notices of Social Security notes and actuarial notes and studies are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983, Vol. 35.