Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 5 that highlights the actuarial profession during the December 10th, 1982 meeting of the National Commission on Social Security Reform. The Commission's Executive Director directed attention to a Washington Post article reporting that the Social Security actuaries were thinking of decreasing their fertility assumptions for the 1983 Trustees Report.

Description: This article is an actuarial approach to speed and mortality by analyzing two 30-year old drivers, Quickly, who drives fast, and Legal who drives much safer. Different mortality decreases would result from different combinations of ages and speed reductions.

Description: 0ne of Hartford’s more neglected assets is its jai-alai “fronton”, or arena. Jai-alai is a fast-paced Basque sport, on which betting is legalized in several slates. Its scoring system presents a fascinating actuarial puzzle, in pursuit of which many area students have invested significant time, effort and computer expense. This article summarizes the rules of the game, the scoring system and poses the question as to whether a team's chances of winning can be analytically determined. Note: This is the first of two articles. The second is in the February 1984 issue.

Description: This article, the second of a two part series, examines the jai-alai results which would be expected if all teams had equal ability, and then contrasts these expected results with actual experience. The first part of this series was published in the November 1983 issue.

Description: This reporter spoke with Robert J. Myers ahout his role as Executive Director of the National Commission on Social Security Reform.