Description: Actuary Dave Dillon describes his role volunteering his time as a teacher in higher education, including the rewards and challenges that teaching offers. He discusses the importance of being attentive to his audience’s pre-existing knowledge and adapting his presentations accordingly. His work as a teacher typically encompasses three distinct domains: 1) acquainting young students with the actuarial profession, 2) educating non-actuaries about public policy issues related to health insurance (including the Affordable Care Act), and 3) instructing current actuaries on advanced methodologies and principles within the field. Recently he taught a health insurance course for actuarial science graduate students at Georgia State University and lectured at Boise State University’s master's program in Population & Health Systems Management. In every teaching and mentoring opportunity, actuaries can contribute to the expansion and prosperity of the profession and are encouraged to pursue these endeavors.

Description: Advice for first-time attendees to the SOA ImpACT conference

Description: Summarizes the Section's sponsored 2011 Annual Meeting sessions: business meeting, receptions and 3 programs - 'IFRS: The Future of Accounting for Insurance and its Implications', 'Where Enterprise Risk Management Meets Capital Management' and 'Managing Longevity and Mortality Risks and their Global Activities', plus some non-technical sessions on successful retirement.

Description: This literature guide provides the user with a summary of representative sources of current general knowledge with regards to the currency risk in foreign investments.

Description: This is the Introductory Study Note for the Society of Actuaries Retirement Benefits-CSP, Canada examination for Spring 2012 that will be given on Friday, April 27th, from 8:30 a.m.–11:45a.m. and 1:30p.m.–4:45 p.m.

Description: "One of the key responsibilities in the actuarial profession is forecasting. Seldom do we use this skill outside of the work on our desks to broadly assess the professional landscape.When we have, we are provided direction as to the future of the actuary, and where this profession is heading. Join us for a 50-minute panel discussion with leaders in the profession on the Actuary of the Future, where we will discuss the direction of the profession, including the skill sets and technology that have been identified as being integral to actuarial work in the next 5-10 years. At the conclusion of the session, you’ll be able to: • Understand how actuarial modernization will impact employers and the profession. • How actuaries can be leveraged to provide a broader impact to industry. • How social, demographic, and technological changes are driving disruptions in the profession."

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting introduces Course 220, touching on the topics covered of macroeconomics, financial markets and asset definition, portfolio management, and investment strategies, corporate finance and asset management and the reading materials. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This is the Introductory Study Note for the Society of Actuaries Retirement Benefits-Design and Pricing, US examination for Spring 2012 that will be given on Thursday, April 26th from 8:30 a.m. –12:15 p.m.

Description: Actuarial science curricula at universities tend to focus on preparing students for academic and professional exams. In this article, I will share the value of student professional development and how it complements the technical skills taught in the classroom, using Temple University as an illustrative case study.

Description: Feature article discussing opportunities for actuaries in the health care industry.