Description: This article by the Society of Actuaries Treasurer provides a financial summary of the SOA for 1980-1981, and the financial outlook for 1981-1982.

Description: This is a book review of 'Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices' by Peter F. Drucker, considered by some to be the high priest of management. The book is divided into three parts- The Tasks, The Manager and Top Management. The last named contains much food for thought, not just for top management but for the underlayer as well. The first two parts reveal Drucker’s knowledge of and insight into what is good management and what is not. Repeatedly, he makes his point by citing real cases and describing real companies. His occasional comments on the life insurance industry are pointed. The book is also noteworthy for giving us another law to stand alongside those of Parkinson, Murphy and Peter- Drucker’s Law: 'If one thing goes wrong, everything else will, and at the same time.'

Description: Book Review: The First Immigrants From Asia, A Population History of the North American Indians. 'Actuaries reading this book will add to both their knowledge of history and of applying common sense judgements to assumptions, results, and conclusions drawn.'

Description: This article shows the budget in 1981-1982 as compared to previous time periods and explains the growth in the SOA's income and expenses since 1958. Inflation, membership growth and broadened activities have all boosted the Society’s budget through the years.

Description: This is an article about the Society's finances and how they relate to the 1982-1983 budget.

Description: An overview of the formation of the Committee of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, initiated by the Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Government Statistics, in response to the need for statistical advisory committees to government agencies to promote better data collection and dissemination, contracting, forms clearance, planning, coordination, monitoring, staffing, and strengthening of agency functions.

Description: Article Confidentiality Of Federal Statistics by Johansen in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: This subject of this article is the Committee of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics COPAFS, a new organization is being formed with membership composed of associations with an interest in U.S. federal statistics. The Board of Governors of the Society has authorized the Society's participation in COPAFS on a trial basis for one year. In explaining the purpose and role of COPAFS, the article notes that its formation was a result of the recommendations of the March 1978 report of the Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Government Statistics JAHCOGS, The SOA was represented on JAHCOGS by Robert J. Johansen, and he will be the SOA’s representative on COPAFS.

Description: The Society’s Committee to Recommend a New Mortality Basis for Individual Annuity Valuation was formed in 1980 at NAIC request because the margins in the 1971 IAM Table had eroded. This article describes the development of the 1983 Table a and shows how well the 1973 Experience Table fits the underlying data.

Description: Author is Liaison Representative to the American Statistical Association and the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. He discusses future joint meetings and sessions of the American Statistical Association and the SOA.