Description: Disruptive changes will create opportunities for health actuaries as we help health plans develop their overall strategy.

Description: Continuing change pervades the actuarial world. Actuarial tools and techniques are constantly evolving, new financial products and services appear regularly, legislation and regulation rarely remain unchanged for long, consumers are becoming better informed and more sophisticated, the financial environment is becoming increasingly global, distinctions between types of financial institution are becoming more blurred, and the areas in which actuaries find applications for their skills become more varied. In this context, the most important attribute for actuaries is the capacity to adapt. This paper considers some implications for university actuarial programs of the need to develop adaptive actuaries. It discusses the results of a survey of the preferred learning styles of Macquarie University actuarial students, examines the newly introduced Australian actuarial subject called 'The Actuarial Control Cycle,' and looks at the use of portfolios of student work. It concludes that in order to develop adaptive actuaries for the 21st century, actuarial programs must broaden the range and type of teaching/learning activities and assessment methods provided for students.

Description: The author shares a template for how to ensure speaking leads to business and career opportunities.

Description: Candidates working toward their Fellowship of the Society of Actuaries [FSA] designation are required to complete an individualized plan of professional development. Panelists discuss these plans and how they are completed. They also discuss how an FSA becomes an advisor. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 45PD of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: An article provides a look at traveling overseas for actuarial work. Questions, concerns and tips for consideration in accepting an overseas assignment.

Description: How you can use your motivation and persistence to become an optimist.

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

Description: The SOA launched the Actuarial Innovation & Technology Strategic Research Program earlier this year, focusing on projects in which technology is being used in actuarial work. The presenters will highlight reports from the program including a review of the Top Actuarial Technologies of 2019, the growing use of cloud computing and its impact on furthering and deepening actuarial analyses, and the growing innovative approaches using non-traditional data sources for risk selection and segmentation and its intersection with industry regulation. An overview of this new SOA research initiative and key findings from recently released reports will be covered.

Description: The Society of Actuaries’ new Learning Strategy will influence and guide SOA education in both the near and long term.

Description: Editorial discussing competencies actuaries need to have in order for the profession to be recognized as the leading professionals in the modeling and management of financial risk.