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: From a session at the annual meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Chicago, Illinois, October 15-18, 2000 Panelists discuss the changes these companies were making, the experience so far as a public company, and how investors are viewing them.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting focuses on the actuary's role and responsibility in the financial reporting process. It covers peer-review standards in Canada, Sarbanes-Oxley and the implementation of both in financial reporting. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This discussion at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium by a Canadian regulatory panel covers reserves for AIDS, the impact of the proposed Policy Premium Method of reserving, and comments about the governmental examination process.

Description: This session at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium looks at issues of the AIDS/HIV epidemic including the extra mortality, reserving options, a proposed actuarial standard of practice, and also covers the Canadian perspective.

Description: This session at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium looks at issues created by changes in financial reporting in Canada related to the Policy Premium Method and dynamic solvency testing.

Description: 1990 Valuation Actuary Symposium Proceedings that discusses additional or contract reserves on Exhibit 9.

Description: This session from the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium looks at how the valuation actuary may ensure his work stands up to regulatory and professional scrutiny including a discussion on the Standard Valuation Law SVL, the model regulation, Actuarial Standards of Practice ASP 7 and 14, forming an opinion, the content of the opinion and the content of the memorandum.

Description: This session from the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium looks at issues concerned with Life and Annuity Valuation, specifically meeting the 50 States Requirements, meeting the NAIC Actuarial Guidelines of valuation requirements, Guideline XXX and its implications and the use of new optional 15-year select factors to be applied to the 1980 CSO.

Description: This 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 14 looks at sources of profits and how that can be use in managing the company.