Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 3, which are excerpts from the author's presidential address to the Southeastern Actuaries Club in November 1982 where Professor Batten demonstrates a lack of approval of the new education syllabus and outlines his concerns. In particular, the author is concerned that the education syllabus is moving too far in the direction of theoretical statistical techniques at the expense of teaching practical subjects such a demography and life contingencies.

Description: This is the story behind an event new to the history of exam co-sponsorship - the setting of different pass marks by two sponsors of a joint examination.

Description: This article describes a new seminar venture designed for chief actuaries of mutual life companies that attracted more senior actuaries rather than the typical up-and-coming group.

Description: The author, Vice President responsible for research in the Society, puts out a call for research needs from the members.

Description: The author's stated purpose of this article is to provide members of the actuarial profession with background information regarding the question of continuing education from the perspective of other professions: what they do, how they have done it, and the extent to which the actuarial profession can learn from other professional groups.

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1959: 1. 'Pension Funds and Economic Power' by P. P. Harbrecht, 2. 'Retirement and Insurance Plans in American Colleges' by W. C. Greenough and F. P. King, 3. 'Elements of Vital Statistics' by B. Benjamin, and 4. 'Demography' by P. R. Cox. Notices of other articles and publications are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 32.

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1960: 1. 'Health Insurance' by E. J. Faulkner, 2. 'The Elements of Group Insurance' by G. N. Watson, 3. 'Legal Protection of Private Pension Expectations' by E. W. Patterson, and 4. 'Economic and Financial Aspects of Social Security' by J. H. Richardson. Notices of other articles and publications are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, No. 35 AB.

Description: This article introduces a new CD-ROM tool for continuing education, the first of which is about the recent Actuarial Research Conference.

Description: This article is about the Society of Actuaries' Education and Examination Research Paper Committee awarding 30 Fellowship credits to Krzysztof M. Ostaszewski, Ph.D., ASA, for his paper, 'Macroeconomic Aspects of Private Retirement Programs.' This is the twelfth such paper approved for Fellowship credit under the SOA’s Future Education Methods program. The paper analyzes possible macroeconomic factors contributing to the decline in the use of defined benefit plans and proposes an alternative hypothesis for the cause of the decline.

Description: This article describes how the SOA worked with the American Academy of Actuaries to ensure lessons learned from the financial crisis were shared with congress. Also covered were the movement to virtual sessions at SOA meetings and the project to combine the Life Spring Meeting and the Product Development Symposium.