Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers U.S. Federal Income Tax including TEFRA, flexible premium contracts, Modified Premium Whole Life Reinsurance, future tax planning and policyholder taxation. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: This session presented at the SOA's April 1976 Washington D.C. Meeting provides information on the impact of inflation on Life Insurer Income Tax and Tax Liability and the impact that the U.S. tax policy on investments, jobs and inflation.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the role that personal and corporate tax policies have on insurance company taxation and the U.S. and Canadian tax structure for life insurance companies. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: This from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses strategic tax planning including the impact of U.S. tax regulation on company organization and operating strategies. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 1.

Description: This paper explores how change in societal forces can affect the systems for providing security including private pensions, social security, life insurance and health insurance. The societal forces examined are changes in family, role of women, inflation and the age composition of population. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This article describes the activities and results of an SOA Task Force on Expansion of Mortality and Morbidity Statistics which was formed to review the mortality and morbidity research undertaken and the statistics published outside the recognized actuarial organizations.

Description: This paper reviews the current state of the AIDS epidemic and the impact on non-drug-using heterosexuals. This paper shows that for most heterosexuals, the risk of becoming infected with the AIDS virus by sexual contact is insignificant compared with many other risks of life. The paper presents some recommendations for AIDS education and other perspectives. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1992, Vol. 44.

Description: After outlining some of the issues involved in the taxation of life insurance companies, this paper describes the tax consequences of various strategic courses of action by life insurance companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: The Committee to Encourage Interest in Actuarial Careers announced this summer that the Actuarial Aptitude Test AAT has been revised. The new test was prepared by Educational Testing Service of Princeton New Jersey as was the original AAT. It is expected that the new test is an improvement over the original test and that it will continue to be a valuable function in counseling person considering an actuarial career.

Description: This interesting article is a recounting of the author’s recent experience on TWA flight 355, which was hijacked by Croatian nationalists. The article discusses statistical odds, and more importantly, the ethical issues from the viewpoint of the passengers and the hijackers, as well as the philosophy of the approach taken by the airline and the governments involved.