Description: The author provides an update on the Academy of Actuaries' unsuccessful attempts to obtain a Federal Charter and the partially successful attempts to get state recognition by way of licensing or a charter.

Description: A summary of the report of the Canadian Royal Commission on Taxation. According to the author, the report conceives the tax structure to be a proper tool of government in far-reaching policies of income redistribution and management of the economy.

Description: This article discusses a new budget resolution introduced by the Canadian government providing for new methods of taxing life insurance companies.

Description: The Life Practice Area seeks input on strategic issues including the timeliness of experience reports, the increasing levels of regulation, defending risk classification, ant the viability of the actuarial profession.

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.

Description: This article provides an update on various legislative and regulatory activities including, allowing individual variable annuities, federal standard for fiductiary responsibitlity with respect to pensions, policy loan interest rate and credit insurance issues.

Description: This article reviews proposals in the Carter Report for additional taxation on Canadian insurance companies and their policyholders.

Description: This article discusses the Carter Report. It is a review of the Canadian federal system of taxation that would have far-reaching implications if enacted.

Description: Article Permutations And Computations by Moordhead in The Actuary, February 1979, Volume 13, Number 2

Description: This article discusses certain recommendations of the Carter Commission, which calls for far-reaching reorganization of federal taxation in Canada.