Description: This section presents book reviews and summaries of recent publications on a variety of topics.

Description: This is a discussion about employee benefit plans after retirement. The following questions are addressed: 1. To what extent are death benefits and medical benefits for employees and dependents kept in force after the employee retires?, 2. Where there is a continuation of such benefits for a retired employee or his dependent, what special problems can result from remarriage or reemployment, or in the event of the enactment of a federal plan?, 3. What methods of paying for or funding such costs are used?, and 4. What are the tax implications to both the employee and employer of the various approaches? Also discussed are insured vs. non-insured plans and valuation standards for pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2.

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: With the tremendous growth of the private pension institution since 1940, it is inevitable that an institution of this magnitude should come under critical scrutiny by both public and private bodies. This is a panel discussion about major policy issues in private pensions in the United States and Canada. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 52.

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 focuses on the advantages and disadvantages, from the viewpoint of smaller insurance companies in the United States and Canada, of entering the field of small pension plans. Considerations involve whether a smaller company entering the field should offer group annuities, and to what extent are special premium rates, plans of agents' compensation, and policy forms necessary for a smaller company to compete successfully for individual policy pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This is a digest of reports on topics of current interest including: 1. Future Outlook Study, 2. Mortality Investigation on Individual Lives, and 3. Legislative Matters of Interest to Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 56.