Description: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.

Description: Discussion of developments in actuarial education, the regulatory licensing process for actuaries signing off on reserves and financial statements, and social security in Poland

Description: A review of the recent history of the actuarial profession in Pakistan and the near term future as of the year 2000.

Description: 1987 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session presented views regarding Professional Development of regulators from the states of California, Texas and New York as well as comments from the government actuary in the United Kingdom.

Description: A report on an international actuarial workshop Held in China

Description: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1962 and 1963: 1. 'Health Insurance Provided through Individual Policies' by Edwin L. Bartleson, 2. 'Law and the Life Insurance Contract' by J. E. Greider and W. T. Beadles, 3. 'Medical Care and Health Insurance' by J. F. Follmann, Jr., and 4. 'Hospital and Medical Economics: A Study of Population, Services, Costs, Methods of Payment, and Controls' by W. J. McNerney. Notices of other articles and publications are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15, Pt. 1, No. 43.

Description: This 1978 session on current topics discussed the following: i. Availability and Affordability of Automobile Insurance in the 1970's 2. Status report on the Activities of the Educational Policy Committee 3. Activities of the Federal Trade Commission in the Life Insurance Cost Area 4. The Impact of Federal Tax on the Demand for our Products. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 1.

Description: This open forum, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., discussed the future of traditional Society of Actuaries meetings. Topics discussed included: 1. What do Society meetings offer? 2. What else could they offer? 3. What is offered elsewhere in my specialty? 4. How could Society of Actuaries meetings be made more meaningful? A discussion of the special interest sections and seminars on special interest topics was also discussed.

Description: Discusses pending and possible changes in the evolution of professional development and public policy.

Description: Part 2 of a discussion of the Chinese life insurance market with an emphasis on regulatory, investment, tax, and professional development issues.