Description: This is the list of committee members for the various Committees on Mortality and Morbidity.

Description: This paper is from Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. The author describes the 1954 amendments to Social Security, with a comparison to the 1950 and 1952 amendments, all of which primarily affected the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance [OASI] system, increasing benefits. Data on experience under the 1950 and 1952 amendments is provided. The author discusses the major changes enacted under the 1954 amendments, among them extension of coverage, increases in benefits and an increase in the maximum wages subject to contributions.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by David M. Holland. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1997-98 Reports.

Description: Are health insurance benefits contributing to the inflation in medical costs? What types of improvements in policy benefits and policy provisions would have a beneficial effect? how practical are reform proposals From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970 Vol. 22 Pt. 2 No. 62 AB

Description: This paper is from the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. It was presented at the 1956 Spring Meetings of the Society of Actuaries for discussion. The author presents an outline of how difficulties in the determination of a frequency distribution of the expected costs may be overcome by, in part, applying the concept of using a series of random numbers with a view of making mortality studies for each life in a group of annuitants. The paper also presents the results of some experiments which were designed to discover whether or not the concept could be conducted on an IBM 650 electronic data processing machine.

Description: This is a listing of names of those serving in the various positions within the Office of the Society of Actuaries. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1985, Vol. 37.

Description: This is a listing of names associated with the Office of the Society of Actuaries as of October 1992. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1992, Vol. 44.

Description: These are the meeting minutes from the Regional Meeting held in Atlantic City, NJ on May 15-16, 1972. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1972, Vol. 24, Pt. 1, No. 69 AB.

Description: This is the meeting minutes from the Annual Meeting held in New Orleans on October 28-30, 1974. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974, Vol. 26, Pt. 1, No. 76.

Description: The author, noting the inadequacy of traditional ‘rules of thumb’ used for profit objectives, demonstrates that, assuming a stock life insurance company’s objective is to maximize its current value, the profit objective can be expressed as maximizing ‘the present value of book profits per unit of limiting constraint.’ Includes discussion and author’s review of discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983 Volume 35.