Description: Discusses how the SOA can encourage the study of basic mathematics in secondary schools and colleges preparing students with the necessary academic background for an actuarial education. The panel also examines how local actuarial clubs can stimulate academic education in the field of math and if more colleges and universities should be encouraged to establish actuarial courses.

Description: This is a brief summary on the panel discussion about accreditation, at which it was announced that 3 actuarial organizations had approved the organization of the Academy of Actuaries.

Description: Presentation of proposals that are designed to further improve actuarial education by anticipating educational needs based on future change in the nature of actuarial work. The paper is divided into three sections: I. Current and Past Education of Actuaries II. Actuaries as Customers for Education and III. The Future Educational Needs of Actuaries and How These Needs Might Be Implemented. Followed by several submitted discussion papers.

Description: This report of the committee on status and accreditation notes the activities and issues around obtaining an accreditation/certification at the state level.

Description: This is the presidential address by former President of the Society of Actuaries, Henry F. Rood. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.

Description: This general discussion looks at problems or solutions developed in the field of agents' compensation, considerations leading companies to recent reductions in individual annuity rates, trend to offer first year cash values, increasing demand for the issuance of insurance at ages up to 70 and beyond, and if the SOA should give consideration to elective subjects in the Fellowship exam.

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Robert T. Jackson. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: A discussion at the Seattle Regional Meeting on the pros and cons of the proposal for an alternate route to Society of Actuaries membership being considered bya a committtee of the Academy of Actuaries.

Description: Description of the consulting segment of the actuarial profession as it now exists in Canada and the United States, the environment in which it has developed, and some of the unresolved problems and possible future developments. Followed by discussion papers submitted by 2 authors

Description: Discusses: the Faculty of Actuaries Centenary celebration in Scotland and experiences visiting actuarial meetings in the US and Canada, special interest groups and their role within the SOA vs. autonomous organizations, professional conduct and ways in which qualified actuaries can be determined for public interest representation, the exam syllabus, and operations research.