Description: This article summarizes the results of the first part of a U.S. Appointed Actuaries survey asking about the usefulness of the various documents that have been created to guide valuation actuaries.

Description: The subject of this brief article is “Individual Retirement Accounts, Actuarial Note No. 1-77, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board,” which summarizes the principal eligibility conditions for individual retirement accounts under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 including the liberalizations under the Tax Reform Act of 1976.

Description: The updating of the syllabus of Fellowship examinations has now been accomplished. The details of the revised Fellowship syllabus are given.

Description: This article provides an update on various legislative and regulatory activities including, allowing individual variable annuities, federal standard for fiductiary responsibitlity with respect to pensions, policy loan interest rate and credit insurance issues.

Description: This is about The Federal Register of October 18, 1982 announcement by the Veterans Administration concerning USGLI premiums. The premiums were based on the American Experience Mortality Table at 3 /2% interest which overestimates mortality and underestimates the interest rate. This article discusses the ramifications of this.

Description: This article covers a round table discussion about the most significant housing issues affecting retirees.

Description: This is an article summarizing a study about the replacements of individual life insurance policies.

Description: This article discusses the findings of the January 2007 paper regarding the mortality experience Fellows of the Society of Actuaries. The on–line my paper Mortality Experience of Members of the Society of Actuaries investigated the mortality experience of 3,037 members of the Society, including all Fellows who attained fellowship through 1974. This note takes the investigation through one more class of Fellows 1975 Fellows.

Description: Table from an article in The Actuary Magazine on an analysis of risk management terminology: your guide to speaking ERM with different industries. Volumn 4, Issue 6

Description: A U.S actuary, after a one-year assignment as a consulting actuary in the UK, compares the actuarial profession and the insurance industry in the two countries.