Description: This is a short poem regarding actuarial predictions.

Description: This article discusses the previous age 25 year old requirement for Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Review of the process taken by the various actuarial organizations to coordinate their educational efforts.

Description: This is the third in a series of three articles brought to you by the Society's Committee on Professional Development. The first encouraged members to author papers, the second encouraged participation in actuarial meetings, and this one encourages you to develop yourself professionally by being active on a Society or other actuarial committee.

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: A discussion of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries’ (CIA) University Accreditation Program (UAP).

Description: Overview of SOA research projects and experience studies in the works, from those in early development to those just released.

Description: Affiliate Memberships aren’t new to the Institute of Actuaries, but they are rare. Only 16 such members are listed in its current Year Book of these, however, 6 are in the United States. These actuaries have had “the same rights and privileges as Honorary Members.”

Description: Discusses movement of the SOA's book collection from the Library of the Insurance Society of New York to SOA offices.

Description: Encourages actuaries to get more involved with the investment aspects of life contingent funds.