Description: In this 1977 editorial, the author, an associate editor of The Actuary, discusses the significant changes in federal insurance law in Canada, under which prescribed assumptions will be replaced by the assumptions deemed appropriate by the valuation actuary.

Description: This 1976 article discusses provincial regulation of private pensions in Canada, with a focus on Manitoba’s legislation, expected to be operative later in the year, and how it compares to regulation in other provinces.

Description: This article discusses how insurance regulation needed to evolve to meet the need for more understandable policy forms. This article was written before the Flesch Reading Ease test was in common use.

Description: Article from The Actuary, December 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 10 that talks about tax laws and regulations. In particular, this article discusses the formula, developed by Charles T. Kemmerer, for calculating the remainder interest in a charitable remainder unitrust which falls on the death of the survivor of two or more persons.

Description: Discusses a Bill which was recently introduced into the Maryland Legislature and which would require the Insurance Commissioner to publish a price comparison for all life companies licensed in Maryland.

Description: A review of a book by a former Commissioner of Social Security, in which he shares his thoughts on what Social Security is, the new law, the financing, the benefits, the types of employment covered, the benefit amounts, the retirement test, and several subsidiary topics.

Description: Article Book Review by Ray in The Actuary, January 1979, Volume 13, Number 1

Description: Part 3 of a 3 installment series dealing with the Moss Oversight Committee dealing with sales disclosure for life insurance products

Description: An editorial on the insurance crisis with regards to liability insurance, and the breakdown of the liability system.

Description: The New York State Insurance Department has appointed a committee to redraft and modernize its agent compensation law to account for new forms of insurance. The New York law, which has had a major effect on agent compensation since the early 1900s protects consumers from excessive expenses and generally has worked well.