Description: This presentation of the panel discussion addresses professional conduct including the roles and ethics in the actuarial profession. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: Since the Committee On Discipline was formed in 1976, eleven disciplinary actions have heen taken by the Society. This article’s purpose is to describe how the committee operates, the members of the commitee and to clear up some of the mystery that surrounds the Committee’s work.

Description: The differences between select and ultimate insurance mortality are usually explained in terms of: 1. deterioration of a person's physical condition which occurs due to aging, and 2. anti-selection which occurs as some policyholders allow their coverage to lapse [i.e., those policyholders who find their health has become poor keep their coverage, while those who remain healthy discontinue their insurance]. This paper explores the differences in mortality between companies related to the differences in lapse rates of the companies.

Description: This paper presents an analysis of the basic actuarial theory for life insurance policies which have fixed premiums, the entire reserve held in a separate account, the assets of which would be invested primarily in common stocks, etc. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 1, No. 61

Description: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 Discussion of purposes and approaches for creating interest-rate scenarios.

Description: This is a series of reports on topics including: 1. Suggestions received in response to our library mailing, 2. Recent developments on continuing education, and 3. The state of the society today. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 2, No. 64.

Description: Gives a preliminary report of progress to date on Advisory Committee on Means of Encouraging the Preparation and Distribution of Actuarial Literature and Studies. Describes some ideas on how to ensure valuable, timely, sharing of actuarial published materials with the profession.

Description: This article is a follow up to the March 1996 article that introduced the concept of the actuarial counselor. Feedback indicates a strong interest in this professional direction and the author suggests steps that could be taken by the SOA or others to support this concept.

Description: This paper presents a different approach to measuring Health Expectancy, especially as it relates to the elderly population. This new actuarial approach is described and numerous examples are given.

Description: Author reply to Jay Olshansky’s discussion of “Health Expectancy” paper and reply from authors Faye Albert, John Bragg and Jason Brooks.