Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 5C: Assumption Setting in an Uncertain World 8.31.21 Recording

Description: Discussion of the October 23 & 24 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries Board of Governors, at which two motions addressing matters of interest to academic actuaries were approved. 1. Undertaking a process of accreditation for academic actuarial science programs. and 2. SOA exam exemption for certain students attending certain institutions.

Description: Read the October 2018 issue of Expanding Horizons published by the Education and Research Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Many actuaries were grown and developed in cube-land - with many peers being just a few feet away to help develop core actuarial skills. Today, most experts agree that we will never fully return from a hybrid world, which means that our actuarial business skills and communication styles need to evolve as well to maintain relevancy in this evolving world. Many actuarial companies are more formally recognizing the importance of connection among staff to create robust systems for cultivating a strong department culture in an increasingly fractured landscape. Join us to discover more about how a connected department creates space to share resources and knowledge more freely, which is a benefit to both staff's personal development as well as the department performance as a whole.

Description: The Professionalism in Practice: Precept 10 e-course focuses specifically on the professional obligations to perform actuarial services with courtesy and respect, in cooperation with stakeholders.

Description: The Research Executive Committee (REC) of the SOA Research Institute oversees the funding of the Emerging Issues Pool. This key source of research funding is used to sponsor projects that are beneficial to the entire profession, across practice area boundaries that may require funding levels beyond the normal annual funding budgets of research committees and sections. The REC is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to fulfill the strategic goals of the organization through the use of this pool for funding new projects.