Description: The coordinator of the task force which prepared Manhart Brief, for a court case on sex discrimination in pension rates, responds to criticism.

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: Benefits of belonging to SOA special interest sections.

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: A discussion of how to define the actuarial profession, and how actuaries can engage in shaping that definition as it evolves over the coming decade.

Description: Speakers and other attractions at the 2013 Annual Meeting.

Description: A summary of the October 31 meeting of the Board of Governors, where topics included education and examination requirements, SOA organization, pension terminology, publications, didivend philosophy, subcommittee operations, financial statement certifications, the Executive Director position, and consolidation of North American actuarial organizations.

Description: A survey of 13 universities in the U.S. and Canada indicates a wide variety of actuarial science topics of current research, as well as proposed future research.

Description: How does the founding in 1889 of North America's first actuarial organization fit into world actuarial history? This article gives a partial listing of non-North American actuarial organizations and their founding dates.

Description: In her address at the 1997 Society of Actuaries annual meeting, incoming president Anna Rappaport gave high priority to 'further developing multidisciplinary joint ventures with other professional associations and academia, including facilitating the exchange of ideas between academics and practitioners.' This article describes the results of that endeavor.