Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2012
1.1.1. In the course of the discussion of the paper by Praetz at the International Congress of Actuaries in Sydney, reference was made to the existence of the ongoing Expense Investigation conducted amongst life offices in the United Kingdom. Considerable interest was aroused and it was subsequently suggested that a paper describing this investigation be presented to the actuarial bodies in order that data on life office costs might be made available to the profession and its significance discussed. In agreeing to present such a paper the authors considered that its scope should be extended to include a study of the attitudes of offices and actuaries to expense analysis and control and of the uses made by offices and actuaries of the results of the Expense Investigation and other expense analyses.