Description: An article on a hypothetical workplace dilemma involving the updating of assumptions which resulted in a change in EGPs and DAC amortization.

Description: Full version of Risks and Rewards Newsletter, September 2000, Issue No. 35.

Description: This report was developed by the CESRC as an update of one Rob Erhardt prepared in 2016 that compiled a collection of sources that deal with what scientists know and what actuaries could do. Sources have been chosen with practicing actuaries and the public in mind. In the original report, nearly all governmental sources come from the United States. In the update an attempt was made to include sources from actuarial bodies and regulators worldwide. Please let us know if you have a source we did not include as it is anticipated that the SOA will continue to update a list of sources for these topics in the future.

Description: Readers’ responses to the mortality study conundrum from the previous issue.

Description: Provides a summary of investment sessions at the March 2015 Investment Symposium in Philadelphia

Description: Full version of The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2007, Issue 27.

Description: Chairman's perspectives on the Section and R&R

Description: Actuarial models may seem like toy-tools, yet they are not all created equal when it comes to delivering results. All models are wrong, according to George Box, yet some are useful. Dealing effectively with operational risk, undue product complexity, and the eternal search for the right answer are keys to success.

Description: 1999 Market Triathlon Results by Frank M. Grossman from Risks and Rewards Newsletter, September 2000, Issue No. 35.

Description: Correspondent's report from the Investment Section Breakfast at the SOA Annual Meeting in Austin 2015