Description: The concept of crosshedging gives us the key to the actuarial understanding of most new tools arising in the area of alternative risk transfer mechanisms. Securitization of insurance, which is the theme of this symposium can, as I see it, almost always be seen as an exercise in crosshedging. The 1995 Bowles Symposium, M-FI97-1.

Description: Chapter 3 of the Price, Waterhouse study contains an extensive collection of descriptive tables. From Study of Public Financial Guarantee Programs, M-FI96-2.

Description: Chapter 5 of the Price, Waterhouse study presents an extensive collection of tables attempting to capture the size, risk, age, and objectives of the examined programs in an understandable, comparative format. From Study of Public Financial Guarantee Programs, M-FI96-2.

Description: Foreword to monograph presenting results of a Price, Waterhouse study on behalf of SOA. From Study of Public Financial Guarantee Programs, M-FI96-2.

Description: Chapter 5 reviews the investment plans of four Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, and California public employee systems concentrating on three main topics: general summary of fund and portfolio characteristics, comparisons of target asset allocations policies, and reviews of investment policies. From A Study of Public Employees Retirement Systems, M-RS96-1.

Description: Chapter 6 summarizes the findings for key actuarial assumptions in each of the following categories: active mortality, disablement rates, withdrawal rates, retirement rates, retiree mortality, disabled mortality, interest rates, salary scales, actuarial cost methods, ans asset valuation methods. From A Study of Public Employees Retirement Systems, M-RS96-1.

Description: Chapter 5 raises a number of tax issues that require legal advice, while recognizing that not all experts will agree on the correct tax treatment. From Design and Actuarial Aspects of Deferred Retirement Option Programs, M-RS03-2.

Description: Chapter 6 raises employee issues, including why there is any cost associated with DROP, the factors which influence an individual's selection, and how the lump sum money is used. From Design and Actuarial Aspects of Deferred Retirement Option Programs, M-RS03-2.

Description: Chapter 4 review the evolution of the health care system in Canada, and how an aging population will create cost-escalation pressures on the health care system. The chapter does not address issues concerning the efficiency and efficacy of the present health care system. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population, M-RS99-2.