Description: This article provides an update on various legislative and regulatory activities including, allowing individual variable annuities, federal standard for fiductiary responsibitlity with respect to pensions, policy loan interest rate and credit insurance issues.

Description: This article describes the new state of Washington regulation governing replacements noting problems with the formula used and offering improvements.

Description: This article discusses the new Kassebaum-Kennedy bill a.k.a. HIPPA and looks at future of individual health insurance plans, which will be determined at the state level.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 is an extract from a recently discovered Dead Sea Scroll regarding language to be included in a prospectus to provide potential investors with an adequate basis for judging the offering.

Description: This article discusses the Carter Report. It is a review of the Canadian federal system of taxation that would have far-reaching implications if enacted.

Description: Arguments for establishing a monetary system based on an aggregate commodity standard.

Description: Three 1983 U.S. Supreme Court pension-and-welfare-related opinions, viz. a. Shaw, b. Construction Laborers, and c. Morrison-Knudsen, merit at least passing attention by actuaries even though their impact upon the actuary’s work may vary from slight to significant.

Description: The Life Practice Area seeks input on strategic issues including the timeliness of experience reports, the increasing levels of regulation, defending risk classification, ant the viability of the actuarial profession.

Description: This article discusses a new budget resolution introduced by the Canadian government providing for new methods of taxing life insurance companies.

Description: Remarks on a recent series of articles in 'The National Underwriter' on risk selection and related regulation.