Description: This is a series of reports on topics including: 1. Recent legislative developments, 2. Report on Joint Actuarial Committee Meeting, and 3. Position statement by Robert J. Myers. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, Vol 22, Pt. 2, No. 63.

Description: Discussion about the recent activities of the Taxation Section and its council and plans for the future. The project of the NPT [Necessary Premium Test] task force was discussed.

Description: Discussion as to whether within an organization an actuary's regulatory role can conflict with his business-oriented role or be aligned with the strategic goals of the company.

Description: 1974 SOA Meetings, Dallas and Montreal. This paper is the digest of discussions held at concurrent sessions of the referenced meeting. Topics covered: 1. CORPORATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF STOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES. 2. PENSION FUNDING ASSUMPTIONS. 3. DIRECTIONS AND GOALS OF ACTUARIAL RESEARCH. 4. VARIABLE LIFE DEVELOPMENTS. 5. LIFE INSURANCE AND CONSUMERISM. From Transactions of the Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt.2D, No. 75 AB.

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 presentation made at the SOA 1975 New York meeting highlights the passage of ERISA and points up the desirability of formulating principles and practices for pension plan construction and valuation. A committee of the American Academy of Actuaries is in the process of developing principles and practices.

Description: This article discusses the Society of Actuaries Foundation's first consumer education program and how it is filling a gap by providing information on Social Security.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the Society of Actuaries' review of its activities to determine if they comply with federal antitrust law. A specific item addressed was the recommendations on Theory of Dividends and Other Non-Guaranteed Elements in Life Insurance and Annuties. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers recent legislative and regulatory developments in the U.S. and Canada including the ownership of the surplus in a pension plan, the CIA discipline process, the Department of Labor's DOL's 'safest available annuity provider' rule and tax issues on deferred compensation plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This session is about the actuary's developing role in regulating insurance worldwide.