Description: This article explores a study by the Actuarial Profile Research Project about personality differences between U.S. and Canadian actuaries.

Description: Table featured in the "Mortality Experience of FSAs, class of 1975" article.

Description: In 1979 I was a catalyst in assembling an informal group-Chief Actuaries in Federal Service Coordinating Group-to discuss the question raised in the March Editorial, i.e., the desirability of creating a position of Government Awtuary at a high level in the Federal Government. There are now about fifteen Federal agencies or departments that employ actuaries.

Description: Franklin B. Dana's query at the close of his article in this issue prompted us to turn to several members who were active in Society affairs in the 1950s. We asked them what they recall of past efforts to promote the idea of having a Government Actuary in Washington, and how they see today’s prospects.

Description: This is an article that was written by the chairman of the committee that developed 1983 Table a, which NAIC has adopted for individual annuity valuation. This article compares the mortality rates in the 1983 Table a with those of two prior annuity tables.

Description: Table from an articel in The Actuary Magazine entitled A Strategic Analysis of hte U.S. Life Insurance Industry Part II: Products.

Description: This article discusses the relative merits of investing some Social Security assets in common stocks either by 1. Adjusting the retirement benefits and taxes, and investing part of the Social Security trust funds in the stock market [the 'defined benefit,' or DB, method], or 2. Reduce the basic retirement benefits further, and have workers invest part of their future contributions in individual accounts [the 'defined contributions,' or DC, method].

Description: A new mortality valuation standard, the 1994 Group Annuity Reserve Table, is being proposed for new group pension business. This article discusses the industry concerns with the change from a static table to a generational table based upon mortality improvement factors.

Description: Article The U.S. Government Cost Disclosure Report by Moorhead in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: This article describes a dramatic presentation by King Arthur's wizard, Merlin the Magician at the annual meeting. View photos of the meeting. Article from The Actuary, Volume 31, Issue 10