Description: This is a discussion forum covering 2 papers on economic trends and life insurance in 1953. Dr.Simon Kuznets presented a paper entitled Notes on Prospects of Economic Growth in the United States. His paper was directed to two main questions, a What are the prospects for the nation's future economic growth? b What is likely to be the long-term trend in the general price levels during the next two or three decades? The subject of Dr. Raymond W. Goldsmith's paper was The Supply of Savings and the Level of Interest RatesRetrospect and Outlook.

Description: China’s pension system has transformed from traditional retirement system based on command economy to modern pension system based on market economy .

Description: WeChat is gradually becoming the main force of insurance online marketing for insurance products in China.

Description: Investment Fallacies: The Fallacy of the Fed Model

Description: A compilation of feedback from actuaries in the Health Section of the affects of the ACA.

Description: Article about the future roles in health insurance.

Description: Life Insurance 2020 Foresight e-book of essays including introduction

Description: Discusses the modification of underwriting practices because of the 1951 Medical Impairment Study, classification adjustments, competitive pressures on ratings and expansion of substandard business.

Description: A plain-language, high-level explanation of employer withdrawal liability issues, including how they grew to be large and barriers to their collection.

Description: Updated metrics for measuring financial stress among multiemployer pension plans in the United States.