Description: This articles describes how actuaries can contribute to the understanding of the financing of Medicare and the urgency of its problems.

Description: Discussion of the career of a health insurance actuary who worked in an insurance company, consulting firm and government

Description: This article summarizes the changes in the rules for discipline of U.S. actuaries, which were recently updated, detailed, and clarified through the revision of Article X of the American Academy of Actuaries’ bylaws.

Description: Discussion of the changes involved with the Society of Actuaries education redesign, including a summary of the responses to a Society of Actuaries member survey dealing with the redesign of the basic education and examination system.

Description: This article highlights how an actuary, progressed into the executive management role of CIO, and how she utilizes her actuarial skill set in her new position.

Description: This article discusses the results from the 1999 SOA member survey. The survey's findings send some clear signals about approaches to developing new and better programs and improving current ones. from The Actuary, February 2000, volume 34, issue 2.

Description: Tensions arose between the Society of Actuaries [SOA] and the Casualty Actuarial Society [CAS] organizations’ leadership when articles in the May 1997 issue of the CAS newsletter suggested the SOA was trying to force a merger. This article describes how a meeting between SOA President, Anna Rappaport, and CAS President, Mavis Walters, led to an exchange of views that included the entire Boards of each organization and ultimately led to the members of both Boards demonstrating mutual respect.

Description: Panelists discuss the usefulness of good public relations techniques in promoting businesses or energizing careers. These tools can add value to your company and energize your career. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This article is about Stanley B. Tulin's actuarial career and lessons he has learned regarding what leads to a successful actuarial career.