Description: The primary purpose of this paper is to present some current company practices with respect to term insurance, and the respective cash value requirements imposed by the state insurance departments. Submitted papers from several authors discussing the report followed.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, A Present Value Approach to Profit Margins and Dividends by Harwood Rosser. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This paper presents discrete interpolation formulas, specifically a new method of deriving some existing formulas. The paper uses graduation theory in the interpolation method. Also include is a discussion of the paper. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: In this paper two theorems concerning the optimality of the perfect-fit and perfect-smoothness graduations are proved. Two examples are presented and some difficulties with regard to computational feasibility are reviewed. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This paper contains three discussions. The first is about recent developments in health insurance programs in the United States and Canada. The second discussion is about the Society and how it can provide services to its members and the public. The third discussion is on life insurance company management. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 50 AB

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings focuses on family coverages and associated issues.

Description: This session at a 1962 SOA Regional Meeting is a discussion about methods being used to value accidental death benefits, reducing term riders and deficency reserves.

Description: This paper outlines and illustrates the use of present value for the purpose of estimating future profits and in obtaining dividend scales. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 6.

Description: Discusses agency management compensation, agent financing, cost of developing new agencies, successful business development methods.

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books: 1. 'Medicare' by Robert J. Myers, 2. 'Theory and Problems of Numerical Analysis' by Francis Scheid, 3. 'A Short Introduction to Numerical Analysis' by M. V. Wilkes, 4. 'Introductory Numerical Analysis' by Anthony J. Pettofrezzo, 5. 'Insurance Coverage for Mental Illness' by J. F. Follmann, Jr., 6. 'The Demograpky of Tropical Africa' by William Brass et al., 7. 'Successful Profit Sharing Plans: Theory and Practice' by Donald X. Murray, 8. 'Cost Facts on Life Insurance' edited by Price Gaines, Jr., and 9. 'Life Insurance Theory and Practice' by Robert I. Mehr. Notices of other studies and articles are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 1, No. 64.