Description: This article discusses the charge of a joint committee of the SOA and American Academy of Actuaries to define the role of the valuation actuary in the U.S.A.

Description: This article is written in response to the article that appeared in the February/March issue of The Actuary entitled Better Standards for Setting Standards written by Dave Kass. It discusses the process itself, the time it takes to develop or change standards and how quickly new ideas should be incorporated in the standards.

Description: Discusses what triggered the Morris review, what it found, and what it might mean to the actuarial profession in the UK.

Description: This article from The Actuary, November 1996, Volume 30, No. 9 discusses the value of the actuary. What is our value to our publics? Is it in sheepishly agreeing with statutory impositions -pension plans are a social good that should have favored status as long as they pay their fair share - or is it in sticking to, then clarifying and explaining, our principles regardless of the penalties? Our corporate agreement with the notion that there are “individually realistic actuarial assumptions.”

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 6, which is article no. 10 in a series. This particular article discusses the 1978 institute and faculty proposal on notation. A proposal presented in June 1978 by a study group of the Institute and Faculty Joint Working Party on Computers and Actuarial Notation provides an excellent summary of the problems faced by innovators in this field, as well as the consequences of clinging to the present notation.

Description: Article from The Actuary, November 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 9 is an update on the current efforts of the ALC-LIAA Joint Actuarial Committee to bring about certain changes in the Standard Valuation Law and the Standard Non-forfeiture Law. These efforts may have an important influence on operations of life insurance companies in the United States.

Description: The August/September 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: In this article, the author reflects on the discipline process used by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and offers suggestions for improvement.

Description: The April/May 2016 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: The December2012/January 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.