Description: This article provides a summary of the February 1967 Canadian Institute of Actuaries discussion on the 1966 amendment to the Old Age Security Act and its effects on Canada and Quebec pension plans.

Description: This article explains the changes to Social Security as of the end of 1967.

Description: This article is a summary of responses to a questionnaire from Benjamin I. Gottlieb in Washington that had been sent to a random sample of 500 Society Fellows in the U.S. The questionnaire dealt with the anticipated long-term economic and demographic assumptions for social security.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 5 that highlights the actuarial profession during the December 10th, 1982 meeting of the National Commission on Social Security Reform. The Commission's Executive Director directed attention to a Washington Post article reporting that the Social Security actuaries were thinking of decreasing their fertility assumptions for the 1983 Trustees Report.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1985 – Volume No. 19, Issue No. 5 that discusses the current financial status of Social Security.

Description: Discusses areas in which Social Security could be improved and possible changes that may come about.

Description: This article explains the issues with Canada's Social Security system, and finds fault with the proposal to pre-fund with bonds.

Description: This concludes discussion of the Report. Part I appeared in the March Actuary. This article discusses the report sections on trends in the cost of Social Security disability benefits and how rehabilitation is being encouraged.

Description: This article is a review of “1972 Lifetime Earnings by Age, Sex, Race, and Education Level, Research and Statistics Note No. 14-1975,” published by the Social Security Administration, which presents detailed data by quinquennial age groups, sex, race, and years of school completed as to the present value of future earnings based on static earnings levels 1972. It is stated that such data can be used for general analytical purposes to form policy, for court determinations of awards in damage suits, and for cost-benefit analysts in such areas as disease prevention and education programs. The author of this article notes in his analysis the inconsistency of the static salary assumptions with a range of interest rates from 2% to 8%.

Description: Article Editorial by Webster in The Actuary, September 1978, Volume 12, Number 7