Description: To review 2021 and look forward to 2022 as the new Chair of the Actuary of the Future section council

Description: This is a perspective of the upcoming year from the view of the Chair of the Council of the TaxationSection. Following the challenges from the past year and since the arrival of the pandemic, I discussed how we will adapt to this new virtual or hybrid world and how the Taxation Section will continue to offer material to its members.

Description: Book review of A Whack on the Side of the Head, which has lots of ideas for thinking creatively.

Description: With increasing demand for quality new-hires, it is increasingly important to hire the most impactful employees. Actuaries who think creatively can have a disproportionately positive effect on their employers. In this article, we discuss how to identify this type of person during the interview process.

Description: This report presents the results of the work undertaken in response to a SIPF commissioned research project in July 2012, entitled Communicating the Financial Health ofPublic Pension Plans.

Description: Feature article describing the content and results of an introductory seminar on actuarial science presented at the University of Cincinnati.

Description: Overview of SOA-sponsored seminars held in July 1978 in four cities to discuss current issues in the private sector relating to the new OASDI benefit formulas.

Description: Behavioral science reveals that consumers tend to assess risk emotionally, through perceptions rather than calculations. So, will COVID-19 change risk perceptions in the long term -- and similarly increase life insurance sales? Insurers should take nothing for granted