Description: This Report presents the results of a three-year study on Demutualization by a Task Force of the Society of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting explains the need for a completely new text book with a more modern approach for life contingencies or actuarial mathematics to replace the book by Jordan. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: This panel discussion session looked at recent and proposed regulation of life insurance underwriting. Specific topics included: i. Problems with traditional underwriting classifications: privacy, disclosure, anti-discrimination, etc. 2. New and acceptable classifications: smoking, lifestyle, build, blood pressure, finances, etc. 3. Possible transition problems: existing policies, persistency, coordination of previous data with newer classes, etc.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses alternative retention/replacement strategies such as unilateral enhancements and bilateral updates, the impact of universal life, UL, as an internal replacement, the impact on policy loans and benefit increases and the reinsurers' position on replacements. From Record of the Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: The paper 'Analysis of Basic Actuarial Theory for Fixed Premium Variable Benefit Life Insurance' by Messrs. Fraser, Miller, and Sternhell presents one approach to variable life insurance, and the discussions which follow it explore some alternative formulas for reserve calculations.

Description: This paper presents an analysis of the basic actuarial theory for life insurance policies which have fixed premiums, the entire reserve held in a separate account, the assets of which would be invested primarily in common stocks, etc. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 1, No. 61

Description: Full version of Health Section News, June 1998, Issue No. 35.

Description: This article is about actuarial education and a letter from President Lautzenheiser introducing an attached statement, Strategic Premise for Actuarial Education.

Description: Panelists were members of the Actuary of the Future/Future of the Actuary Task Force of the Society of Actuaries [SOA]. They discussed the topics in their report to the SOA Board of Governors that related to a description of the current profession, the demand for actuaries in the 21st Century, what actuaries will be doing in the 21st Century, and implications for the selection, education, and training of actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Panelists were members of the Actuary of the Future/Future of the Actuary Task Force of the Society of Actuaries [SOA]. They discussed the topics in their report to the SOA Board of Governors that related to a description of the current profession, the demand for actuaries in the 21st Century, what actuaries will be doing in the 21st Century, and implications for the selection, education, and training of actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.