Description: This is a discussion about recruiting professional people, and what can be done to reduce the high rate of turnover among professionals, especially during the first few years of employment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No 59.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Digest of Informal Discussion’ addresses current developments and proposals with respect to life insurance company investments and inflation. The panelists address questions related to the extent and appropriateness of investment in common stocks, and the impact on actuarial practices and standards.

Description: This discussion looks at the actuary shortage and solutions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This paper examines the risks involved with equity investing for pension funds. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This general discussion focused on: A. The increase on maximum limits on single premiums accepted based on investment conditions, B. Steps a smaller company might take to meet the current demand for pension plans, C. The extent to which companies have: 1. Transferred to their field or district offices functions which had previously been performed in the home office 2. Transferred to the home office or to central collection offices functions which had previously been performed in agency offices D. Steps taken to revise or supplement company retirement plan benefits to recognize higher salary scales and the possibility of still further inflation, E. The advantages and disadvantages of the Bank Loan Plan under which a policyholder purchases a limited payment life policy and borrows part of the premium from a bank, and F. Changes which have been made in War Exclusion Riders, Disability and Double Indemnity provisions.

Description: This discussion covered: 1. The extent to which companies' net earned interest rates have risen above their low points from that of several years ago and 2. The NAICs' new method of dividing amortizable bonds into two classes in the valuation of securities

Description: This discussion looks at likely developments as a result of the series of studies on pension plans released by the Pension Research Council. Additionally discussed is the general experience of variable benefit pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion looks at principles which should govern the determination of the respective proportions of earnings to be allocated to policyholders and stockholders, the level of contingency reserves and surplus which should be maintained, and looks at the extent to which the mandatory Security Valuation Reserve should affect the level of unassigned surplus.

Description: This presentation, from the 1961 Transactions, Vol. 13 No. 37, is the Address of the President, Dennis N. Warters, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held at The Greenbrier in West Virginia November 13-15, 1961.

Description: This paper examines the development of inflation and the dilemma the life insurance business faces. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.