Description: In the environment of discussions about simplifying the tax code for individuals including eliminating many deductions, this editorial raises the question of the appropriateness of eliminating some of the tax benefits of employer benefit plans.

Description: Lapse rates from a recent, no dates specified, study of life insurance sold in New York State savings banks are summarized. They are compared with rates from a recent LIMRA inter-company study of agency business. First-year rates are broken down by premium frequency, and yearly rates are shown by type of life insurance plan.

Description: From time to time we have published articles and correspondence about The Actuary in Literature and although the references to the profession are few it was some comfort to know that the profession was not completely overlooked. Two of our readers drew our attention to the following poem which appeared in The Times Literary Supplement.

Description: On September 24, 1970, the New York Actuaries Club sponsored a panel discussion on the need for revision of the New York Expense Limitation Law, Section 213, in the light of its history and purpose. This article summarizes that discussion.

Description: In 1971, a group of New York actuaries met informally with socio-economist, Edith Lynton, and heard some grim forebodings about how the larger economic problems affect the insurance industry.

Description: This article examines the shared challenges for primary writers and reinsurance including the older population, marketing, admin expenses, and regulations. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 4

Description: This article analyzes the number of FSAs attending SOA meetings in the period 1966-1983.

Description: With the backdrop of economic turmoil and much downsizing, the author encourages actuaries to broaden their skills and to be flexible in their careers.

Description: The President brings attention to the readers that the responsibility of the actuarial profession at large is to the future and the public.

Description: This article provides a summary of Society of Actuaries finances for FY1980, and the prior year, as well as a projected surplus for FY1981 equal to 1980 results.