Description: This paper looks at the value of informal discussions at Society meetings and if the value of these discussions can be increased. presentation. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This article shows some vital statistics of Canada including births, deaths, marriages and divorces per 1000 population along with motor vehicle deaths in the years 1972, 1975, 1978 and 1981.

Description: This article gives an historical description of calculating and tabulating equipment used by, and is some cases developed by, actuaries in their work.

Description: This is an account of efforts by three Society Past-Presidents to translate the above lines from Horace, which introduced a paper printed in J.I.A. during the 1850's. Two of this trio, who have not authorized identification, unashamedly delegated the task to nearby experts, but with sharply differing renderings.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses insurance withdrawal rates. Topics include recent studies of factors affecting withdrawal rates and the question of whether new standard tables to replace Linton’s A and B tables are needed.

Description: Discusses movement of the SOA's book collection from the Library of the Insurance Society of New York to SOA offices.

Description: This article is about a discussion at a 1919 joint meeting of the Actuarial Society and the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors on prohibition.

Description: This paper, presented at the Eastern Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held March 24-25, 1960 in Washington, D.C., provides the results of an experience study of first year lapse and “default” rates on ordinary insurance, where the author, Norman F. Buck, has defined “default” rate as a rate including the sum of first year lapses, not takens, and cancellations as of the issue date. The paper includes written discussion and the author’s review of the discussion. From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This paper, written at the request of the chairman of the Society's special committee, contains a description of the data, methods, and principles used to determine the proposed new expense formulas for minimum nonforfeiture values. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: The article is about William Gordon, a Massachusetts life insurance advocate from the eighteenth century.