Description: This is the agenda for the 33rd Annual Actuarial Research Conference held at Georgia State University, August 6-8, 1998.

Description: Actuarial science is at a cross roads. Many are urging that our highly successful examination process be partially abandoned in favour of accepting university courses in a number of basic subjects. This drive is based in part on the difficulties in supporting the present system, the experience elsewhere and a misplaced confidence in the quality of the university system. This paper explores where the university system is and where it needs to go in order to adequately serve the interests of the actuarial community.

Description: This article describes the primary goal of the Actuarial Research Clearing House [ARCH], its editorial policy and the procedure for submitting manuscripts. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol. 3.

Description: This paper is a sequel to Shapiro et. al. in that it discusses a similar role for CAI in topics specific to the text Actuarial Mathematics, by Bowers et. al 1986. The topics covered are the previous topics of actuarial notation, basic concepts, and what-if analysis, along with some new ideas for the presentation of stochastic models.

Description: This is the program for the 30th Annual Actuarial Research Conference held at The Penn State Scanticon Conference Center in University Park, PA on August 17-19, 1995. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1996, Vol. 1.

Description: This 1997 presentation from the 32nd Actuarial Research Conference provides background on the work of the Society of Actuaries' Research Effectiveness Task Force [RETF] and presents the current status of that work in order to set the stage for breakout sessions during which Conference attendees have an opportunity to provide input to the SOA research effectiveness review.

Description: This presentation addresses the causes of cheating while encouraging student learning and growth.

Description: This is the agenda for the 26th Annual Actuarial Research Conference held in Champaign, IL, August 7-10, 1991. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1992, Vol. 1.

Description: Shapiro 1990 documented some of the criteria used by actuaries when selecting the assumptions for actuarial valuations. He noted, however, that many of these criteria are often were in conflict with one another. This paper uses expected utility theory to model this process of choosing actuarial assumption when faced with potentially conflicting criteria. The three criteria considered are prudence, best estimate and conservativeness.

Description: The study of Employee Benefits has always been aided by using financial algorithms. During recent semesters, the Lotus 1-2-3 package Lotus has been introduced to students due to the explosion of its use in the business community. This paper will show how our students use Lotus to design a spreadsheet for computing minimum annual distributions from tax-sheltered plans.