Description: This is a letter from Jan M. Hoem to Arnold F. Shapiro about Exposed-to-risk considerations based on the Balducci assumption and other assumptions in the analysis of mortality.

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

Description: This article examines the number of years people have served on the SOA Board and categorizes these people in various ways in order to determine if there is a leadership establishment at the SOA.

Description: An editorial with reflections on the similar issues facing Canadian and American actuaries topics including social security financing, health care and proposed new standards of practice were addressed at the Canadian Institute of Actuaries Meeting in Toronto.

Description: Profile of an actuary who owns Woodward Cave, a bat cave in Pennsylvania and Profile of an actuary who is training to be a chef de cuisine at culinary school in Paris.

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: Profile of an actuary who makes sculptures out of sand and snow.; Profile of an actuary who pursues geocaching.

Description: Four stories: Travel Bug (Lisa Marquardt), Imagination Soars (Gary Thomas), Among the Fish and Coral—Amazing! (Sharon Giffen) and On Board with SHIP (Dwight Barlett)

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

Description: The International Network of Actuarial Risk Managers INARM is an informal group of people who are interested in learning and sharing enterprise risk management ERM practices across borders to enhance the level of actuarial ERM practice around the world. This article provides a list of internet contact points.