Description: This discussion at the 1967 Annual Meeting is about the appropriate level of unassigned surplus and the rationale and accounting for contingency reserves. The question of a contingency reserve for Phase III tax is also discussed.

Description: This is a discussion about insurance company equity products from the viewpoints of the actuary, the agent and the regulatory authority. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No. 59.

Description: This is the presidential address by former SOA president, Thomas P. Bowles, Jr. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1973, Vol. 25, Pt. 1, No. 73.

Description: This is a discussion about computer models and simulation tools for life insurance companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, No. 59AB

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Personal Security in the 1970's- United States and Canada, 2. Adjusted earnings for life companies, 3. Pension funding, 4. What about these younger actuaries?, 5. Sources of statistical information for actuaries, 6. Variable life insurance, 7. Models and decision techniques, and 8. Role of the actuary in expense control. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol 22, Pt. 2, No. 63.

Description: Discussion of issues of particular interest to small insurance companies. Includes the following topics: A. Considerations governing the mortality bases used in determining for ordinary insurance for nonparticipating premium rates and for dividends. Mortality studies available to assess the suitability of available mortality tables or modifications of them. B. Advantages and disadvantages of special termination dividends or special quinquennial dividends. C. Desirability and feasibility of having separate dividend scales for policies which include disability benefits, double indemnity benefits or both. D. Relative advantages of a three-factor dividend system versus an experience premium system. Discussion of how the latter is applied.

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings discusses marketing issues for life companies including concerns over abandoning the small face amount market and the shift to term insurance from permanent.

Description: If a stock life insurance company is to continue to be an attractive vehicle for stockholder investment, adequate recognition must be given to the importance of the basic economic concept of return on stockholder equity. This Actuarial Note discusses return on stockholder equity as it relates to a life insurance company and is intended to stimulate further thinking in this area. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 1, No. 59 AB.

Description: This paper attempts to develop an actuarial rationalization for the governance of a mutual life insurance company. It addresses setting surplus targets, long term growth objectives, internal performance accounting, and mergers and acquisitions. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This is the special report about actuaries taking professional inventory. External, as well as internal, forces have directed actuaries' attention to the need for a re-examination and reappraisal of their 'professionalism.' As evidence of the need for an introspective analysis, the following are issues that several actuarial bodies are currently examining through joint committees: 1. independence, 2. organization and disciplinary procedures, 3. professional conduct, 4. actuarial principles for funding of pension plans, 5. education and examination, and 6. experience requirements. Most of these involve the relationship of the actuary to the general public. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt.2D, No. 75 AB.