Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses dividends. Topics include the reflection in dividends of new federal income tax basis for qualified pensions involving individual policies, and for certain annuities, rate of excess interest on supplementary contracts vs. accumulated dividends, and issues involving dividends on supplementary contracts.

Description: This panel discussion looks at answering the following questions: What methods are used in computing Incurred but Unreported Claims? To what extent are approximations used in determining items for the Analysis of Increase in Reserve? What records can be closed out early to facilitate annual statement preparation? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This is the presidential address by former President of the Society of Actuaries, James E. Hoskins. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This paper is a summary of the 16th International Congress of Actuaries held in Brussels on June 15, 1960. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This discussion looks at methods used in informing legislative bodies concerning problems of public employee retirement plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies associated with moving to the 1958 CSO mortality table, such as policy language, format, mortality assumptions and settlement options.

Description: This is a discussion about group annuity contracts issued for a very small number of lives and how it affected new sales of individual pension-trust policies.

Description: This paper seeks to establish statistical answers to questions regarding actuarial students, the exams process and the path to an actuarial profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, Pt. 1, No. 44 AB.

Description: This is the announcement marking the end to the section, Legal Notes. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, Pt. 1, No. 46.

Description: This paper develops a family of accrued benefit actuarial cost methods which permits the purchase of retirement income at either an accelerating or decelerating rate. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19, Pt. 1, No. 54.