Description: Potential authors of papers for publication in the Transactions should take note of the following changes that were made several years ago in the general considerations for acceptable papers: i The requirement that the subject be “of interest to a substantial proportion of Society members” has been replaced by the less stringent requirement that it be “of professional interest.” ii The requirement that the paper be more suitable for publication in the Transactions than in some other publication has been deleted.

Description: This paper includes three discussions. The first is about permanent type insurance used as a substitute for group term insurance. The second discussion is about long-term disability experience, offsets and underwriting. The third discussion is about medical care expense insurance including experience, trends, impact of Medicare and COB. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 56

Description: This section provides multiple book reviews and summaries of recent publications. Topics include aging, retirement and pension plans, investing, demography, mergers and acquisitions, variable annuities and other insurance and mathmatical subjects. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1972, Vol. 24, Pt. 1, No. 70.

Description: This paper explores the principles upon which experience-rated group insurance currently is based and discusses the question of whether or not these principles are sound. Followed by discussion papers submitted by several authors