Description: This is an article that highlights an alternative method for determining the impact of a change in interest rates on the factor which converts a life annuity to a 100% joint and survivor annuity. It also discusses the factors for early retirement and deferred retirement.

Description: Working in a silo can mean a greater risk of accidental injury or death, but it can also imperil your actuarial career.

Description: The actuarial profession and the education/accreditation requirements in Mexico are described.

Description: Increasing technology is available to create and disseminate educational resources worldwide. In response, this article advocates creation of open educational resources (OERs) that will benefit the actuarial profession with both recruitment and retention of members. Specifically, we describe OER contributions made at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and more recently through the ASTIN Academy, a working group of ASTIN, the non-life section of the International Actuarial Association. We advocate pushing boundaries and creating new ways of teaching effectively for the future. The innovative use of technology and open-source materials is a way to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the actuarial profession.

Description: This article summarizes the treatment of changes in the basis for determining life insurance tax reserves under prior law and describes the changes enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It further explains the procedures for changing the basis of computing reserves under the new rules as outlined in Revenue Procedure 2019-10, the IRS’s December 2018 guidance on the subject, and discusses the uncertainties that remain.

Description: This article is an interview of Stuart Klugman, senior staff fellow for Education at the SOA, who explains the changes to the pathway to earn the ASA designation.

Description: This article describes the impact of the global acceptance of the SOA’s Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst credential.

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: 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: 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.