Description: The author notes the decline in the study of compound interest and the effect of computers on the subject.

Description: This is a discussion of the preliminary report of the committee on valuation and related topics. The committee elected to commence its work by examining the fundamental principles of valuation. The traditional issues in the valuation of an insurance enterprise appear within this general framework. The objective of the committee's work is to measure the balance between assets and liabilities in today's volatile economy.

Description: This article poses the question, why doesn't the teaching of life contingencies start with the premise that the rate of investment income is a random process in a similar manner to the random nature of the time until death? The article suggests some methods for doing so.

Description: On Capitol Hill in Washington and in almost every academic, professional, or trade association meeting that relates to life insurance, sessions are being devoted to cost comparisons. It is clear that this intensive activity could have a significant impact on the marketing of life insurance.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1969, Volume 3, Issue 3, highlights the program of actuarial science at the University of Iowa.

Description: This is a discussion of papers presented at eariler regional meetings. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 1, No. 60

Description: This is a summary of topics discussed at the 1996 Bowles Symposium: “The Old Age Crisis: Actuarial Opportunities,” September 26-27, 1996, at Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Description: Article from The Actuary September 1992 – Volume 26, No. 7 is about insurance past and present

Description: This article promotes the concept of long range planning for life insurance companies and notes that actuaries are well equiped for this activity.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 5 that talks about the various ways of constructing systems and suggests the desirability of establishing measures of efficiency for the alternatives so that we may rationally choose among them.