Description: This article discusses activities of a task force appointed by the Council of Presidents, an informal organization with representatives from the North American actuarial organizations. The task force has the following charge: To explore how to strengthen the actuarial profession and to consider, whether restructuring the organization of the profession would be helpful in achieving this goal.

Description: Since 1966, the Society of Actuaries has been an affiliate of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. This article gives an overview of what the Conference Board is, what it does.

Description: The editorial calls on actuaries to have “guts” and take chances on new risk management opportunities for the profession.

Description: The August/September 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: This article, Eric Kranke talks about change and the task force demonstrates the need for the actuarial profession's to shed the noninvolved egghead stereotype image.

Description: A critique of the SOA's co-sponsoring of the Manhart Brief which addressed sex discrimination in pension rates. This critique argues that the brief violates the SOA constitution by expressing not just facts, but opinions, without following specified procedures for doing so.

Description: Profile of the Joint Risk Management Section.

Description: Overview of SOA research projects and experience studies in the works, from those in early development to those just released.

Description: Developing a formal strategy to guide the SOA’s activities with respect to public policy-related topics is underway. Recent experience shows that non-partisan contributions through the SOA’s research are already adding value to important public policy discussions.

Description: A report on the SOA Board's Executive Committee's discussions and and resolutions in response to the Manhart case.