Description: This presentation from Session 19 of the SOA June 2005 New Orleans Health/Pension Spring Meeting discusses the risks faced by retirement plan sponsors, and puts them into context with their operational risks. It covers what actuaries can do to help manage and mitigate risks, and how current regulatory frameworks can inhibit risk management processes. It also discusses the consulting challenges in helping clients find long-term solutions, and how to manage toward those solutions in the short-term. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2.

Description: The complete Actuary of the Future newsletter from April 2004.

Description: Complete Actuary of the Future newsletter from October 2004.

Description: The chairperson provides an update of the Future Section's areas of focus: Career Pioneer Program, Critical Skills Education and Risk Management Opportunities.

Description: This session explores the potential cash-flow and financial accounting implications of the equity market decline. The discussion focuses on ways to present these results to clients and asset/liability matching techniques that can be used to dampen the significance of this change. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 61pd.

Description: This article covers focus of the section council, progress on ongoing initiatives such as the Career Pioneer Program, and new initiatives including image building of the profession as well as support for actuaries in individual practice and/or small businesses.