Description: This panel discussion session focuses on the impact of inflation on pension plans including legislative reaction, benefits retirement patterns and plan investments.

Description: A report on the SOA Board's Executive Committee's discussions and and resolutions in response to the Manhart case.

Description: This panel discussion from the 1977 Record of the SOA Vol. 3 No. 4 examines the possible future developments related to retirement income security including public policy developments and the various social, economic, political, demographic, and other driving forces impact of future events.

Description: This is a transcript of a session at the Spring 1975 Meeting in New York and discussed the impact of economic conditions on current pension plan design, funding indexed benefits, investment of pension funds, actuarial responsibilities under ERISA and future outlook. 1975 Record, Vol.1, No.2

Description: This paper presents multiple book reviews: Reports from Staff of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means and U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Reports in Connection with Social Security Legislation 1975-77, 'Statement on Cost Comparisons of Individual Life Insurance Policies', by Canadian Institute of Actuaries, 'Investment Activities of Life Insurance Companies' from Huebner Foundation Lectures, 'The Life Insurance Industry's Marketing Dilemma' by Johns, 'The Future of Social Security' by Munnell, 'Social Security - Today and Tomorrow' by Ball, 'Mortality Table Construction' by Batten, 'Mortality Table Construction' by Batten, 'The Crisis in Social Security - Problems and Prospects' by Boskin, 'A History of Interest Rates' by Homer, 'Indexation of Pensions and Other Benefits' by Robert Myers, 'Life Insurance Accounting' by Strain, '1978 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund...' by US Congress. Brief summaries of additional readings are also included.

Description: This article from The Actuary, May 1970,volume 4, Issue 5 Consulting actuaries from the United States and several foreign countries will be attending the biennial meeting of the International Association of Consulting Actuaries (IACA) this fall. On October 5, G and 7, consulting actuaries from the United States will meet in Washington, D.C. with their counterparts from a number of foreign countries, to discuss the development of government and private pension plans and insurance plans throughout the world.

Description: Discussion of the extent to which current SOA studies are useful and in what ways and their shortcomings.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Preston C. Bassett. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1985, Vol. 37.

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 general discussion examines disability income insurance and the inclusion of full time agents under the Social Security law.