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

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

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

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

Description: This article is a review and analysis of the article “The Statistician as Expert Witness,” by Joseph G. Van Matre and William N. Clark, from the Feb. 1976 issue of “The American Statistician.” The author of this article notes that the article he is reviewing has general application to anyone serving as an expert witness in a court of law, especially in its remarks about the ethical responsibilities of such a person and in its advice on preparing to give testimony. Written from the viewpoint of a statistician, it has equal applicability to an actuary serving as an expert witness. The SOA has reprinted this article with permission from The American Statistical Association.

Description: Discusses the emerging role of personal actuary.

Description: Professional development opportunities from the Society of Actuaries.