Description: This report highlights findings from the 2011 Retirement Risks Survey related to economic and financial issues, with additional sources for commentary.

Description: The financial sector should provide financial security and allocate capital well. As its preeminent professionals actuaries have particular responsibilities.

Description: Discusses the percentage of women in the SOA over time and some of the challenges these women have encountered as female actuaries.

Description: Read the February 2020 issue of Risk Management, published by the Joint Risk Management Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Read the February 2020 issue of Risk Management, published by the Joint Risk Management Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article describes how the International Association of Black Actuaries is tackling diversity and inclusion in the actuarial profession.

Description: The paper discusses the role of a regulatory actuarial auditor, the risk focused examination process and the policyholder protection provided by the states, and the impact of varying state laws on the valuation process, and the importance of avoiding actuarial software becoming a black box. There is a discussion of the potential problems presented by the potential use of artificial intelligence, as well as suggestions for academic researchers to answer the pressing questions of whether artificial intelligence can potentially be used for valuation purposes.

Description: Topics include: 1. Formation of the American Academy of Actuaries and governance 2. Federal tax developments - discount on life insurance advance premiums, group term life, imputed income factors under individual policy pension trusts, estate tax effect of assignment of group life coverage 3. Newly created Servicemen's Group Life Insurance - plan summary.

Description: The SOA is pleased to make available a report highlighting findings related to housing from the biennial survey, Risks and Process of Retirement.