Description: January 2011 issue of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section newsletter, In The Public Interest.

Description: Editor’s column describing the contents of the July 2011 issue of In The Public Interest.

Description: This article is about the International Actuarial Association [IAA] issuing its first International Standard of Actuarial Practice.

Description: On October 19, 2011, the Social Insurance & Public Finance [SIPF] Section sponsored a session at the Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Chicago on the impacts of the federal health legislation called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA]. This article summarizes the more salient comments of the panelists at that session.

Description: This article predicts the gap between the full U.K. Basic State Pension [BSP] and household expenditure in 2056 for a range of different dynamic inflation [Consumer Price Index, or CPI] predictions. The best and worst case scenario and the average surplus and deficit are detailed and analyzed in order to determine whether the BSP is sufficient to cover the expenditures for a state pension dependent single person and married couple.

Description: This is Part 2 of a summary of the new, upcoming Social Insurance Law in China. Part 1 was presented in the July 2011 issue of 'In the Public Interest.'

Description: Summary of interview with Bob Collett and Fred Kilbourne regarding their work on the Critical Review of the U.S. Actuarial Profession

Description: Presents ideas and discussion for improving Medicare so it may be financially sustainable

Description: Article describes several options for limiting increases in health care costs and urges actuarial profession to be more proactive in asdvocating for reform.