Description: It is now almost 120 years since Makeham extended Gompertz’s efforts to find a simple mathematical law which would reflect the mortality experience of a group of lives and also simplify the calculation of monetary values. This article discusses a radically different approach, relating mortality improvements to economic condition, proposed by Kohler and Alcock in an article in the Journal of Peace Research, Vol XIII entitled Economic Law of Life.

Description: Article Book Review The Future Of Risk by Calvert in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10

Description: This is a panel discussion session on the future of defined benefit pension plans, including trends in termination, attitudes of sponsors, legislative changes, impact of economic factors, and FASB reporting requirements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: This panel discussion from the 1977 Record of the SOA Vol. 3 No. 4 examines the possible future developments related to retirement income security including public policy developments and the various social, economic, political, demographic, and other driving forces impact of future events.

Description: This paper examines the Social Insurance system of New Zealand and analyzes the system in its various components. This paper is followed by a discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: This discussion panel which occurred at the SOA's 1975 Bal Harbor Meeting provided a forum for discussing Social Security in the United States. The topics included solutions to financing problems, non-discrimination considerations, possible benefit changes, and the disability experience of the program.

Description: Great damage is being done to the U.S. economy as a result of the widespread misunderstanding that the Consumer Price Index measures changes in the cost of living.

Description: This general discussion looks at the results derived from the 15th International Congress of Actuaries and the legislations adopted in Canada and proposed in the U.S. giving favorable tax treatment to pension contributions by the self-employed. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 26.

Description: Discusses how the professional status of consulting actuaries is affected by marketing activities, relationships with agents, brokers and non-actuarial consultants, competition, performing non-actuarial services, client ownership position or board membership, and billing practices.

Description: The author's purpose is to attain a greater insight into the nature and significance of the social security financing method and to examine the image in the public mind of the social security financing method and its significance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.