Description: This article is a summary and analysis of the 1977 Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. The author notes that an excellent introduction to these reports may be obtained by reading the Commentary Prepared to Assist in the Reading and Interpretation of the Reports, prepared by A. Haeworth Robertson, Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration. Note: A more extensive review of the Reports will appear in the Transactions.

Description: Brief review of the monograph written on tontines. Outlines support for the monograph's reading and value to the actuarial profession.

Description: This article covers the presentation given by Mr. Gerald Hutchinson of the Social Security Administration to the Baltimore Actuaries Club recently on the subject of surnames. A surname has six or few letters.

Description: A summary of the first public conference of the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities, held in Quebec, June 11-12, 1975. The Association is composed of representatives of government bodies which administer legislation governing private pension plans in Canada.

Description: This article is a review of the book “Social Security” by Robert J. Myers, published in 1975 by Richard D. Irwin, Inc. The reviewer calls the book a “marvelous reference source from which to draw in getting a fix on literally hundreds of the finer points relating to eligibility, the method of calculating benefits, in fact the whole background and evolution of these benefits and methods,” and notes the book will be of value to anyone who works with employee benefits that relate in some way to the Social Security system.

Description: This editorial reviews the benefits of managed care, notes the public pressure to relax controls around this system and the expected cost impact of doing so.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 6: Independent brokerage agencies have been the alternative distribution system of choice by life insurers using methods other than the career agency system to bring products to market.

Description: In this article the author encourages actuaries to shop for books on Amazon by way of www.contingencies.org. By doing so 'Contingencies' receives a commission to help fund minority scholarships. From: The Actuary, October 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 08.

Description: This article is a book review of History Of Company's Collapse about the failure of Execute Life. From The Actuary Vol. 26, No. 9

Description: Article is about a task for for continuing education seminars