Description: Summary of results from survey of LTC Section members, on use of resources, meetings attendanceand topics of interest.

Description: Update on section activities from the chairperson.

Description: Author is Liaison Representative to the American Statistical Association and the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. He discusses future joint meetings and sessions of the American Statistical Association and the SOA.

Description: Panelists discuss current international actuarial issues, reports from national ambassadors on local issues, and a discussion of issues facing the International Section. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Highlights of the SOA informal networking event held June 28 in Tokyo, Japan.

Description: The SOA is committed to meeting member and candidate needs outside North America.

Description: A summary of the October 31 meeting of the Board of Governors, where topics included education and examination requirements, SOA organization, pension terminology, publications, didivend philosophy, subcommittee operations, financial statement certifications, the Executive Director position, and consolidation of North American actuarial organizations.

Description: A Centennial Celebration of the founding of North America's first actuarial organization was held in 1989 in Washington, D.C. This article summarizes the presentations made by the Presidents of the five sponsoring organizations regarding the strengthening of the Actuarial profession. The five sponsoring organizations were the Society of Actuaries, the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, the American Academy of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: This article is based on a presentation on the Vision, Mission and Strategic Objectives of the International Actuarial Association IAA the author gave during the opening of the recent International Congress of Actuaries in Cape Town.

Description: A critique of the SOA's co-sponsoring of the Manhart Brief which addressed sex discrimination in pension rates. This critique argues that the brief violates the SOA constitution by expressing not just facts, but opinions, without following specified procedures for doing so.