Description: This article summarizes the 1967 Surgeon General’s report on the health consequences of smoking.

Description: Article from The Actuary, December 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 10 that is the report by Carl J. Singer, Chief Actuary, Veterans Administration, mortality experience of Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance as being of interest to Companies writing military business.

Description: This article presents a summary of the recent smoker/nonsmoker mortality experience. Smoker mortality ratios are generally double the ratios for nonsmokers according to the latest intercompany experience.

Description: Brief summary of the Canadian Assured Lives Table, 1958-1964.

Description: This article reviews the various functions and current activities of the The Society's Committee on Mortality under Ordinary Insurances and Annuities and summarizes the latest mortality experience study.

Description: The last of three articles on the 1983 Table a. The first two articles described the steps in contructing the 1973 Experience Table and the 1983 Table a. This article compares the reserves from the 1983 Table a to the 1971 IAM Table at various ages and by gender.

Description: This is the second of three articles. The first April issue told how the 1973 Experience Table was constructed. Outlined here are two steps: i projecting the values in the 1973 Experience Table to produce the 1983 Basic Table, and ii reducing the 1983 Basic Table q's to arrive at the recommended annuity valuation table called the 1983 Table a.

Description: a review of a paper by R. H. Daw, F.I.A. entitled “Smallpox and the Double Decrement Table: a piece of actuarial prehistory.”

Description: This graph indicates the overall historical trend in life expectancy at age 65.

Description: This is about The Federal Register of October 18, 1982 announcement by the Veterans Administration concerning USGLI premiums. The premiums were based on the American Experience Mortality Table at 3 /2% interest which overestimates mortality and underestimates the interest rate. This article discusses the ramifications of this.