Description: This article presents an summary of the 11th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME). From Expanding Horizons, September 2007, Issue No. 37.

Description: Increasing technology is available to create and disseminate educational resources worldwide. In response, this article advocates creation of open educational resources (OERs) that will benefit the actuarial profession with both recruitment and retention of members. Specifically, we describe OER contributions made at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and more recently through the ASTIN Academy, a working group of ASTIN, the non-life section of the International Actuarial Association. We advocate pushing boundaries and creating new ways of teaching effectively for the future. The innovative use of technology and open-source materials is a way to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the actuarial profession.

Description: In my opinion, if there was a high level theme at the Life Spring Meeting, Hollywood, FL then, it was actuarial methods versus financial engineering. This theme permeated about half of the sessions I attended. Issues such as fair valuation for accounting purposes triggered this discussion as did the UK Morris report on actuaries.

Description: The paper discusses the role of a regulatory actuarial auditor, the risk focused examination process and the policyholder protection provided by the states, and the impact of varying state laws on the valuation process, and the importance of avoiding actuarial software becoming a black box. There is a discussion of the potential problems presented by the potential use of artificial intelligence, as well as suggestions for academic researchers to answer the pressing questions of whether artificial intelligence can potentially be used for valuation purposes.