Description: In this article, the editor discusses situations where an actuary faces choosing between a position that theaten's one's job or doing that which is required professionally. From: The Actuary 2000, Vol. 34, No. 2.

Description: This article shows a comparison of the growth rates of the S&P 500 common stock index vs. the U.S. Consumer Price Index over various 5 and 10 year periods.

Description: A survey of 13 universities in the U.S. and Canada indicates a wide variety of actuarial science topics of current research, as well as proposed future research.

Description: This article highlights the accomplishments of the Actuarial Foundation. In keeping with its policy of partnering with other organizations as a way of leveraging resources, the Foundation developed new relationships in 2000 while continuing to nourish established ones. From: The Actuary, December 2000, volume 34, issue 10.

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: Provides highlights of the results of a 1985 Career Encouragement Committee Survey, which solicited information from 1,400 U.S. and Canadian employers about their actuary and student hiring processes. 270 companies responded.

Description: Article from The Actuary September 1989 – Volume 23, No. 8 discusses TAMRA: the U.S. Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988.

Description: This article discusses the results from the 1999 SOA member survey. The survey's findings send some clear signals about approaches to developing new and better programs and improving current ones. from The Actuary, February 2000, volume 34, issue 2.

Description: This article was an invitation for all SOA members to join the special interest sections of the International Actuarial Association. From: The Actuary, January 2000, volume 34, issue 1.

Description: This article is about pet insurance. In the past two years, the major U.S. pet insurer has doubled the number of policies in force to 75,000, while many thousands of other cats and dogs are insured by regional HMOs formed by veterinarians.