Description: Overview of SOA-sponsored seminars held in July 1978 in four cities to discuss current issues in the private sector relating to the new OASDI benefit formulas.

Description: This article is about a colloquium held in Edinburgh, Scotland from Sept. 25–27, 2011, by the Pension Benefits and Social Security Section of the International Actuarial Association [IAA]. The theme of the meeting was international challenges in providing a safe and sustainable retirement.

Description: A review of the address of Rajendra P. Sharma F.S.A. 1979 of Philadelphia in July 1980 to the Actuarial Society of India in Bombay on the topic of the history of private pension plans in the United States.

Description: This article in the first in a series meant to highlight and explore the skills and knowledge actuaries have to offer as members of a Board of Directors, as well as what it takes to get there. From The Actuary, February 2012, Volume 9, Issue 1.

Description: Background of the Manhart case on sex discrimination in pension rates, summary of the brief prepared for the case by an SOA task force, and text of a letter submitted to the court by SOA members critical of the brief.

Description: The actuarial profession continues to grow in Asia with help from the Society of Actuaries. In September 1998, the SOA board voted to focus the SOA’s efforts in Asia by renaming the Asia Committee the China Region Committee [CRC] and forming the Southeast Asia Committee [SEAC]. This article describes president-elect, Howard J. Bolnick's Sept. 23-28, 1998 visit to Beijing, Tianjin, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur, where he and a delegation met with members of these committees to identify their needs and discuss strategies to accomplish their mandates. A secondary purpose was to learn more about China to help the SOA more effectively participate in International Actuarial Association [IAA] activities.

Description: This article explores how the SOA has advanced the knowledge of actuarial science through international partnerships and key communication. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 11

Description: Over the past year the actuarial profession, led by the Society of Actuaries, has taken a step back to review the role of the actuary in today’s global economy. In doing so, the actuarial profession has decided to reposition the “actuary brand.”

Description: This article announces David Holland as the new President-Elect for the SOA and names the Vice Presidents and Board members.

Description: Announcement of the SOA Board of Governors' approval of John E. O'Connor as new SOA Exective Director.