Description: This article lists and describes the year 2000 scenario developed from the Delphi survey of Futurism Section members. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 2

Description: An Editorial which encourages taking planned, calculated risks for the long term success of the actuarial profession.

Description: This article provides a recap of the 11th biennial session of the Pacific Insurance Conference held in Kauai, Hawaii on September 11-16, 1983. Its theme was Life Insurance and Diversification in the 1980’s.

Description: As an profession, our obligation ultimately is to the public. We are well known for our competence and integrity as actuaries. We should be equally proud of the widespread contributions of our actuarial family in making our world a better place to live. This article highlights some of those contributions paying particular attention to the Actuarial Foundation. From: The Actuary, February 2000, volume 34, issue 2.

Description: An Editorial on the actuarial profession: the strength of the profession lies with each individual actuary. 'It is our ability to synthesize imperfect information and provide early guidance in resolving critical issues that will form the foundation of our profession's future. If we choose to be narrow calculators, our future will be very limited.'

Description: An article how the New Actuary of the Future Section Relates to the existing Futurism Section outlines the different functions of each and stresses he importance of both sections.

Description: In this paper the author discusses pricing insurance products in the larger framework of company planning and management. The author also presents a generalized description of the pricing function, which is applicable to any insurance company product. The author discusses the relationship of the premium formulation function to the management of an insurance company, balancing the requirements of management, shareholders, policyholders, and marketing personnel. Includes discussion and author’s review of discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982 Volume 34.